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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-state-aid-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-4/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111178768",
  "legislation_title": "The State Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-state-aid-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person—\n(a) intentionally obstructs an authorised officer acting in the exercise of the officer’s powers under paragraph 3, 5, or 8; or\n(b) fails to comply with a requirement reasonably imposed on them by an authorised officer acting in the exercise of the officer’s powers under paragraph 3, 5 or 8.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under this paragraph is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;\n(b) on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111178768/schedule/4/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:01:41.811739+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."
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