{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-and-maritime-security-act-1990/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-and-maritime-security-act-1990/section-40.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/31",
  "legislation_title": "Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/aviation-and-maritime-security-act-1990",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Offences relating to authorised persons.",
  "text": "(1) A person who—\n(a) intentionally obstructs an authorised person acting in the exercise of a power conferred on him by or under this Part of this Act, or\n(b) falsely pretends to be an authorised person,\ncommits an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a) above is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(b) above is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 40 extended (with modifications) (Jersey) (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2881, art. 2, Sch. Pts. I, II"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 9-43 extended (Jersey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the extending S.I.) by The Maritime Security (Jersey) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/265), art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/31/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:43:02.496866+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."
}