{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inner-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2003/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2831",
  "legislation_title": "The Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inner-dowsing-offshore-wind-farm-order-2003",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Obstruction and misuse of works",
  "text": "Any person who without reasonable excuse—\n(a) obstructs another person from constructing or maintaining any of the authorised works under the powers conferred by this Order;\n(b) rides by, makes fast to or runs foul of any part of the authorised works; or\n(c) in any other way interferes with any of the authorised works or their operation;\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/2003/2831/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:45:39.987878+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."
}