{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility-scotland-act-2019/section-75",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility-scotland-act-2019/section-75.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2019/7",
  "legislation_title": "Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility-scotland-act-2019",
  "path": "section/75",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "75",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, intentionally—\n(a) obstructs a person mentioned in subsection (2), or\n(b) otherwise interferes with a police investigation into an incident in relation to which a constable has reasonable 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 in pursuance of—\n(a) section 28(2),\n(b) an order under section 36,\n(c) a child interview order,\n(d) authorisation under section 54(2),\n(e) an order under section 63,\n(f) authorisation under section 69(1).\n(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2021) by 2004 c. 20, s. 56B (as inserted by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2021) by 1987 c. 4, s. 2E (as inserted by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2021) by 2003 c. 20, s. 31B (as inserted by The Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1458), arts. 1(1), 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 75 in force at 17.12.2021 by S.S.I. 2021/449, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/7/section/75",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:03.227387+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."
}