{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2010/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2010/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/740",
  "legislation_title": "The Detergents Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Obstruction etc",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) intentionally obstructs an authorised officer acting in execution of these Regulations;\n(b) without reasonable cause, fails to give an authorised officer acting in execution of these Regulations any assistance or information which the authorised officer may reasonably require for the purpose of carrying out their functions under these Regulations; or\n(c) gives to an authorised officer acting in the execution of these Regulations any information which the person knows to be false or misleading,\nis guilty of an offence.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1)(b) may be construed as requiring any person to answer any question, or give any information, if to do so might incriminate the person, their spouse or civil partner.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/740/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:48:17.365727+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."
}