18.—(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if the person—
(a)intentionally obstructs any officer of an enforcement authority who is acting in pursuance of any provision of these Regulations; or
(b)intentionally fails to comply with any requirement made of that person by any officer of an enforcement authority under any provision of these Regulations; or
(c)without reasonable cause fails to give any officer of an enforcement authority any other assistance or information which the officer may reasonably require of that person for the purposes of the exercise of the officer’s functions in relation to any provision of these Regulations.
(2) A person shall be guilty of an offence if in giving any information which any officer of an enforcement authority may reasonably require of that person for the purposes of the exercise of the officer’s functions in relation to any provision of these Regulations —
(a)the person makes any statement which the person knows is false in a material particular; or
(b)the person recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale
(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (2) shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to a fine;
(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.