# The Fishing Boats (Marking and Documentation) (Enforcement) Order 1993, Article 8: Obstruction of officers


Any person who, on any British fishing boat wherever it may be, or on any Community fishing boat or any Islands fishing boat which is within British fishery limits—
(a) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a British sea-fishery officer under the powers conferred on British sea-fishery officers by article 7 of this Order; or
(b) without reasonable excuse prevents any other person from complying with any such requirement; or
(c) intentionally obstructs any such officer in the exercise of any of those powers, shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(i) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5,000; or
(ii) on conviction on indictment to a fine. Protection of officers

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2015/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-boats-marking-and-documentation-enforcement-order-1993/article-8
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