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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998-overseas-territories-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998-overseas-territories-order-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3499",
  "legislation_title": "The Landmines Act 1998 (Overseas Territories) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998-overseas-territories-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Offences in Connection with Fact-Finding Missions",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if—\n(a) he refuses without reasonable excuse to comply with any request made by a member of an authorised fact-finding mission or by a police officer assisting such a mission; and\n(b) that request is one made for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by that mission of its functions under the Ottawa Convention.\n(2) A person is guilty of an offence if he wilfully obstructs any member of an authorised fact-finding mission in the carrying out of the mission’s functions under the Ottawa Convention.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this Section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent;\n(b) on conviction, on indictment, to a fine.\n(4) In this section “authorised fact-finding mission” means a fact-finding mission in respect of which an authorisation has been issued under section 13.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3499/schedule/1/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:26:37.602576+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."
}