{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1971/schedule-4A/paragraph-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1971/schedule-4A/paragraph-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/77",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-1971",
  "path": "schedule/4A/paragraph/22",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence under the law of Scotland if the person—\n(a) intentionally obstructs a relevant officer in the performance of functions under this Part of this Schedule, or\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement made by a relevant officer in the performance of those functions.\n(2) A person who provides information in response to a requirement made by a relevant officer in the performance of functions under this Part of this Schedule commits an offence under the law of Scotland if—\n(a) the information is false in a material particular, and the person either knows it is or is reckless as to whether it is, or\n(b) the person intentionally fails to disclose any material particular.\n(3) A relevant officer may arrest without warrant anyone whom the officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty of an offence under this paragraph.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4A inserted (31.5.2016) by Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 14 para. 8; S.I. 2016/603, reg. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/schedule/4A/paragraph/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:29.102045+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."
}