Obstruction of officers
56.—(1) Any person who—
(a)intentionally obstructs an officer of the harbour authority or other person acting in pursuance of this Order or of any enactment relating to the harbour limits;
(b)without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement properly made by such an officer; or
(c)without reasonable excuse fails to give such an officer any information or produce any document which the officer may require for the purpose of performance of their functions,
is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction of a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2) Any person who, in giving such information as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(c), makes a statement which that person knows to be false, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (1) applies to the harbour master or to any person acting under the authority of the harbour master.