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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-explosions-prohibition-and-inspections-act-1998/section-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/7",
  "legislation_title": "Nuclear Explosions (Prohibition and Inspections) Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nuclear-explosions-prohibition-and-inspections-act-1998",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Offences in connection with on-site inspections.",
  "text": "(1) If an authorisation has been issued under section 5 in respect of an on-site inspection, a person is guilty of an offence if—\n(a) he refuses without reasonable excuse to comply with any request made by a constable or a UK representative for the purpose of facilitating the conduct of that inspection in accordance with the Treaty’s inspection provisions, or\n(b) he wilfully obstructs a member of the inspection team, an observer or a UK representative in the performance of his functions under the Treaty’s inspection provisions.\n(2) 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/7/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:23:13.879449+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."
}