{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-agriculture-etc-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-agriculture-etc-scotland-regulations-2019/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2019/412",
  "legislation_title": "The Official Controls (Agriculture etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-agriculture-etc-scotland-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Offences and penalties",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if without reasonable excuse that person obstructs or causes or permits to be obstructed—\n(a) an auditor;\n(b) an inspector;\n(c) any person who accompanies an auditor or inspector; or\n(d) an enforcement officer.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), obstruction includes failure by any person—\n(a) to produce records or provide reasonable facilities for copying records; or\n(b) to provide relevant information when requested.\n(3) A person is guilty of an offence if without reasonable excuse that person supplies an auditor, inspector or enforcement officer with information which, in any material particular, is false or misleading.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to both.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 14 in force at 14.12.2019, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/412/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:34.137864+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."
}