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Article 7 Obstruction and deceptionI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person who intentionally obstructs an enforcement officer or a designated customs official acting in accordance with the powers conferred in Part 5 is guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to give any assistance or information reasonably required by an enforcement officer or a designated customs official acting in accordance with the powers conferred in Part 5 is guilty of an offence.

(3)

A person who, with intent to deceive, pretends to be an enforcement officer or a designated customs official is guilty of an offence.

(4)

A person who furnishes to an enforcement officer or a designated customs official any information knowing it to be false or misleading is guilty of an offence.

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Art. 7 in force at 1.12.2019, see art. 1(1)