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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquaculture-and-fisheries-scotland-act-2013/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquaculture-and-fisheries-scotland-act-2013/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2013/7",
  "legislation_title": "Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aquaculture-and-fisheries-scotland-act-2013",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Offences in relation to control agreements, control schemes, etc.",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person refuses or fails to comply with any requirement imposed on the person by a control agreement under section 16 or a control scheme under section 17.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person wilfully obstructs any person authorised under subsection (1) of section 20 carrying out any function under that section.\n(3) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) of failing to comply with a requirement mentioned in that subsection to show that the person had a reasonable excuse for failing to so comply.\n(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(5) A person who commits an offence under subsection (2) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 21 in force at 16.9.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/249, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/7/section/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:28.992521+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."
}