{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/party-wall-etc-act-1996/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/party-wall-etc-act-1996/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/40",
  "legislation_title": "Party Wall etc. Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/party-wall-etc-act-1996",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Offences.",
  "text": "(1) If—\n(a) an occupier of land or premises refuses to permit a person to do anything which he is entitled to do with regard to the land or premises under section 8(1) or (5); and\n(b) the occupier knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the person is so entitled,\nthe occupier is guilty of an offence.\n(2) If—\n(a) a person hinders or obstructs a person in attempting to do anything which he is entitled to do with regard to land or premises under section 8(1) or (5); and\n(b) the first-mentioned person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person is so entitled,\nthe first-mentioned person is guilty of an offence.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/40/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:55.925397+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."
}