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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-birkenhead-harbour-empowerment-order-1998/article-24",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1016",
  "legislation_title": "The Port of Birkenhead Harbour Empowerment Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-birkenhead-harbour-empowerment-order-1998",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Obstruction of officers",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\n(a) intentionally obstructs an officer of the Company acting in pursuance of this Order;\n(b) without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement properly made by such an officer; or\n(c) without reasonable excuse fails to give such an officer any information which he may require for the purpose of the performance of his functions,\nshall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(2) Any person who in giving such information as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (c) above makes a statement which he knows to be false shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 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/uksi/1998/1016/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:22.719683+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."
}