Part 4Police powers
CHAPTER 5Maritime enforcement: English and Welsh offences
Supplementary provision
93Maritime enforcement powers: offences
(1)
A person commits an offence if the person—
(a)
intentionally obstructs a law enforcement officer in the performance of functions under this Chapter, or
(b)
fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed by a law enforcement officer in the performance of those functions.
(2)
A person who provides information in response to a requirement imposed by a law enforcement officer in the performance of functions under this Chapter commits an offence if—
(a)
the information is false in a material particular, and the person either knows it is or is reckless as to whether it is, or
(b)
the person intentionally fails to disclose any material particular.
(3)
A law enforcement officer may arrest without warrant anyone whom the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of an offence under this section.
(4)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine.