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Regulation 16 Offences

It shall be an offence for any person—

(a)

without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with the provisions of regulation 3, 9 or 10, or any obligation imposed by Article 17a of Commission Regulation 245/2001;

(b)

intentionally to obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 13;

(c)

without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with a request made under regulation 14; or

(d)

knowingly or recklessly to make a statement or furnish any information which is false or misleading in a material particular where the statement is made or the information is furnished in purported compliance with—

(i)

any requirement imposed by regulation 9; or

(ii)

any request made pursuant to regulation 14.