Obstruction of an officer U.K.

5.—(1) It is an offence for a person (“P”)—

(a) intentionally to obstruct an officer in the exercise of any power granted under these Regulations;

(b) intentionally to fail to comply with any requirement properly imposed on P by an officer in the exercise of any such power;

(c) to fail, without reasonable excuse, to give an officer any assistance or information which the officer may reasonably require of P for the purpose of exercising any such power; or

(d) in giving to an officer any information which P has been required to give an officer exercising any such power, to make any statement which P knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) Nothing in this [F1 regulation] is to be taken to require any person to answer any question put to that person by an officer, or to give any information to such an officer, if to do so might incriminate that person.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 5(3) substituted (31.5.2009) by The Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1056), regs. 1, 2(6)