{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hops-certification-regulations-1979/regulation-6A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hops-certification-regulations-1979/regulation-6A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/1095",
  "legislation_title": "The Hops Certification Regulations 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hops-certification-regulations-1979",
  "path": "regulation/6A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If any person—\n(a) fails to provide to an inspector or a certifying officer the information specified in Article 12(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1850/2006 Article 9(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/601, or\n(b) intentionally obstructs an inspector or a certifying officer when seeking such information,\nhe shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 6A inserted (5.11.1991) by The Hops Certification (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2198), regs. 1(1), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6A(a) substituted (N.I.) (18.10.2024) by The Hops Certification (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/171), regs. 1(1), 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1095/regulation/6A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:13:41.973490+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."
}