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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-environment-protection-act-1985/schedule-2/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/48",
  "legislation_title": "Food and Environment Protection Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-environment-protection-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any person who—\n(a) intentionally obstructs an officer in the performance of any of his functions under this Act;\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement made or direction given by an officer in the performance of his functions under this Act; or\n(c) in purporting to give information required by an officer for the performance of any of his functions under this Act—\n(i) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular;\n(ii) recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular; or\n(iii) intentionally fails to disclose any material particular,\nshall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/48/schedule/2/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:06.673423+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."
}