# The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2009, Regulation 19: Obstruction etc. of officers

Extent: E+W

(1) Any person who—
(a) intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution of regulation ... 18; or
(b) without reasonable cause, fails to give to any person acting in the execution of regulation ... 18 any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of him or her for the performance of his or her functions under that regulation,
is 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 that person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b) recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in a material particular,
is guilty of an offence.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (1)(b) is construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him or her.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2009/3376/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-feed-and-food-controls-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-19
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