{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-england-and-northern-ireland-regulations-2024/regulation-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-england-and-northern-ireland-regulations-2024/regulation-86.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348266221",
  "legislation_title": "The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-england-and-northern-ireland-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/86",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Obstructing an authorised person",
  "text": "(1) A person who intentionally obstructs, or fails to assist, an authorised person, in the carrying out of their enforcement functions is guilty of an offence.\n(2) An offence under paragraph (1) is punishable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, with a fine;\n(b) on summary conviction—\n(i) in England, with a fine;\n(ii) in Northern Ireland, with a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“authorised person” means a person authorised under regulation 83(1) or 84(1);\n“enforcement functions”, in relation to an authorised person, means the powers which that person is authorised to exercise under regulation 83 or 84.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348266221/regulation/86",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:40:07.969373+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."
}