{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/33",
  "legislation_title": "Landmines Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landmines-act-1998",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "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 constable 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 the statutory maximum;\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/ukpga/1998/33/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:33.425271+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."
}