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22. After regulation 36 (trade: information powers) insert—
36A.—(1) A person commits an offence if that person—
(a)without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails within the time and in the manner specified (or, if no time has been specified, within a reasonable time) to comply with any request under regulation 36 (trade: information powers);
(b)knowingly or recklessly gives any information, or produces any document, which is false in a material particular in response to such a request;
(c)with intent to evade any provision of regulation 36, destroys, mutilates, defaces, conceals or removes any document;
(d)otherwise intentionally obstructs an authorised officer in the exercise of their powers under regulation 36.
(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this regulation, the court may make an order requiring that person, within such period as may be specified in the order, to comply with the request.”
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