Regulation 64 Impersonation of person entitled to entry
(1)
It is an offence for a person who is not an authorised officer to purport to be entitled to enter any premises in exercise of a power conferred by regulation 49 (inspections).
(2)
For the purposes of paragraph (1) it is immaterial, where a person purports to be entitled to enter any premises, that the power which that person purports to be entitled to exercise does not exist or would not be exercisable even if that person had been authorised pursuant to regulation 49.
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable—
(a)
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;
(b)
on summary conviction in Scotland, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(c)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.