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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marketing-of-bananas-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/349",
  "legislation_title": "The Marketing of Bananas (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marketing-of-bananas-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Obstruction",
  "text": "A person is guilty of an offence if the person—\n(a) obstructs an authorised officer acting for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations, or a person accompanying such an authorised officer under regulation 6(3);\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to give an authorised officer acting for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations any assistance or information or to provide any record or facilities that the authorised officer may reasonably require; or\n(c) supplies to an authorised officer acting for the purpose of the enforcement of these Regulations, any information knowing it to be false or misleading.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/349/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:41:43.573164+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."
}