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PART 5 Additional enforcement provisions

Obstruction

16.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if they—

(a)without reasonable excuse, proof of which shall lie on that person, obstruct an authorised officer acting for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations, or a person accompanying such an authorised officer under regulation 7(3)(a);

(b)without reasonable excuse, proof of which shall lie on that person, fail to give an authorised officer acting for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations any assistance or information or to provide any record or facilities that they may reasonably require;

(c)without reasonable excuse, proof of which shall lie on that person, fail to make any request for inspection when so required by Community marketing rules or fail to give any notice or information required by Community marketing rules.

(2) A person who without reasonable excuse, proof of which shall lie on that person, supplies to an authorised officer acting for the purposes of the enforcement of these Regulations any information knowing it to be false or misleading is guilty of an offence.