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9.—(1) A person commits an offence if he—
(a)administers any treatment to an animal with the intention of disguising any zoonosis or zoonotic agent;
(b)defaces, obliterates or removes any mark applied under regulation 5(c);
(c)removes or intentionally damages any equipment placed on premises under regulation 5(e);
(d)fails to comply with regulation 6(1);
(e)intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution or enforcement of these Regulations;
(f)gives any information that he knows to be false or misleading to any person acting in the execution or enforcement of these Regulations;
(g)fails, without reasonable excuse—
(i)to give any assistance or information that any person acting in the execution or enforcement of these Regulations may require him to give, or
(ii)to produce any record that any person acting in the execution or enforcement of these Regulations may require him to produce,
for the performance of that person’s functions under these Regulations.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
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