{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2004/518",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) Any person who–\n(a) intentionally obstructs an authorised person (or person accompanying an authorised person and acting under the authorised person’s instructions) in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 6; or\n(b) without reasonable cause fails to comply with a request made under regulation 7,\nshall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1)(b) shall be construed as requiring any person to answer any question if to do so might incriminate that person.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/518/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:28:35.642257+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."
}