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8.—(1) Any person who—
(a)intentionally obstructs any person acting in the enforcement or execution of these Regulations, or
(b)without reasonable cause, fails to give to any person acting in the enforcement or execution of these Regulations any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of him for the performance of his functions under the Council Regulation,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who, in purported compliance with any such requirement as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) above—
(a)furnishes information which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular, or
(b)recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Nothing in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) above shall be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation shall be liable on summary conviction in England and Wales and Scotland to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and in Northern Ireland to a fine not exceeding £2000.
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