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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/43",
  "legislation_title": "Environmental Protection Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-act-1990",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person who wilfully obstructs any person acting in the exercise of any powers conferred by paragraph 2 or 2A above shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) If a person discloses any information relating to any trade secret obtained in the exercise of any powers conferred by paragraph 2 above he shall, unless the disclosure was made in the performance of his duty or with the consent of the person having the right to disclose the information, be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(1) inserted (E.W.) (5.1.1994) by 1993 c. 40, ss. 4(6), 12(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 3 applied (with modifications) (S.) (26.1.2009) by Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3), s. 26(10A) (as inserted by Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008 (asp 5), s. 115(3) (with s. 127); S.S.I. 2009/9, art. 2(a), Sch. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:39:40.080966+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."
}