{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-enforcement-regulations-2017/regulation-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-enforcement-regulations-2017/regulation-44.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1200",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Mercury (Enforcement) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-mercury-enforcement-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/44",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Offences relating to inspections of offshore installations",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally obstructs an appointed person performing a function under regulation 39.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person fails, without reasonable excuse, to give an appointed person performing a function under regulation 39 information which the appointed person requires.\n(3) A person commits an offence if the person gives an appointed person performing a function under regulation 39 information knowing it to be false or misleading.\n(4) A person commits an offence if the person fails to produce a document or record for an appointed person performing a function under regulation 39 when required to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1200/regulation/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:05:24.577422+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."
}