{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-powers-overseas-territories-order-2017/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-powers-overseas-territories-order-2017/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/181",
  "legislation_title": "The Emergency Powers (Overseas Territories) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-powers-overseas-territories-order-2017",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) It shall be an offence for any person, without reasonable excuse, to—\n(a) fail to comply with, or to contravene, any provision of any Regulations made under article 6(1);\n(b) fail to comply with a direction or order given or made under any Regulations made under article 6(1);\n(c) obstruct a person in the performance of a function under or by virtue of any Regulations made under article 6(1).\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under this article is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months’ or a fine not exceeding £5000 or its equivalent in the currency of the Territory.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/181/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:14:57.807461+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."
}