{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hemp-third-country-imports-regulations-2002/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hemp-third-country-imports-regulations-2002/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/787",
  "legislation_title": "The Hemp (Third Country Imports) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hemp-third-country-imports-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "It shall be an offence for any person—\n(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;\n(b) intentionally to obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred by regulation 13;\n(c) without reasonable excuse, to fail to comply with a request made under regulation 14; or\n(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—\n(i) any requirement imposed by regulation 9; or\n(ii) any request made pursuant to regulation 14.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/787/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:10:02.688994+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."
}