{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-security-order-1994/article-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-security-order-1994/article-32.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/570",
  "legislation_title": "The Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-security-order-1994",
  "path": "article/32",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32",
  "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 Order, or\n(b) falsely pretends to be an authorised person,\ncommits an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (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 paragraph (1)(b) above is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 32 in force at 5.3.1994, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/570/article/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:38:57.538362+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."
}