Regulation 19 Obstruction etc. of officers

England and Wales

(1)

Any person who —

(a)

intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution of regulation F1... 18; or

(b)

without reasonable cause, fails to give to any person acting in the execution of regulation F2... 18 any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of him for the performance of his functions under those regulations,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

Any person who, in purported compliance with any such requirement as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)

furnishes information which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b)

recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in a material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)

Nothing in paragraph (1)(b) shall be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 19(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(a)
F2: Words in reg. 19(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 3(6)(b)

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: 1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c.51).
F2: S.I. 2003/2901.
F3: S.I. 1972/1811.
F4: S.I. 1999/2027.
F5: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).