{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gosport-borough-council-forton-lake-opening-bridge-order-1999/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gosport-borough-council-forton-lake-opening-bridge-order-1999/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2400",
  "legislation_title": "The Gosport Borough Council (Forton Lake Opening Bridge) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gosport-borough-council-forton-lake-opening-bridge-order-1999",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Obstruction of authorised works and misuse of bridge",
  "text": "Any person who without lawful authority or excuse–\n(a) obstructs another person from constructing any of the authorised works,\n(b) closes or opens the bridge, or\n(c) in any other way interferes with the bridge or the operation thereof,\nshall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2400/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:39.620318+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."
}