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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/279",
  "legislation_title": "Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Obstruction",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not—\n(a) intentionally obstruct any person acting in the execution of these Regulations or Council Regulation 494/98;\n(b) without reasonable cause, fail to give to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of him for the purposes of his functions under these Regulations, or fail to comply with any notice served on him under these Regulations or Council Regulation 494/98; or\n(c) furnish to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any information which he knows to be false or misleading,\nand any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1)(b) shall be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in operation at 1.10.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1998/279",
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    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/324",
      "affecting_title": "Cattle Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/324",
      "affecting_title": "Cattle Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1999/324",
      "affecting_title": "Cattle Passport Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2019/82",
      "affecting_title": "The Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2019/82",
      "affecting_title": "The Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2025/11",
      "affecting_title": "The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/279/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:23:18.391420+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."
}