{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility-scotland-act-2019-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2021/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility-scotland-act-2019-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2021/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1458",
  "legislation_title": "The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility-scotland-act-2019-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2021",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, intentionally—\n(a) obstructs a person mentioned in paragraph (2), or\n(b) otherwise interferes with a police investigation into an incident in Scotland in relation to which a Scottish constable has grounds to suspect that a child, while under 12 years of age—\n(i) by behaving in a violent or dangerous way, has caused or risked causing serious physical harm to another person, or\n(ii) by behaving in a sexually violent or sexually coercive way, has caused or risked causing harm (whether physical or not) to another person.\n(2) The person is a constable or other person acting—\n(a) under article 10,\n(b) in pursuance of a child interview order or under article 11,\n(c) under article 12,\n(d) under article 13.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 16 in force at 17.12.2021, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1458/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:05:28.395417+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}