{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-water-supplies-scotland-regulations-2014/regulation-44",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2014/9780111024782",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-water-supplies-scotland-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/44",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Obstruction offence",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally obstructs an approved person in the exercise—\n(a) in an emergency, of the authority mentioned in regulation 42(1)(a); or\n(b) of the authority mentioned in regulation 42(1)(b).\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n“an emergency” has the same meaning as it has in regulation 40(6); and\n“approved person” means person approved as mentioned in regulation 42(2).\n(3) A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) is 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/sdsi/2014/9780111024782/regulation/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:35:33.542827+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."
}