# The Port Security Regulations 2009, Regulation 29: Offences relating to transport security inspectors


(1) Any person who—
(a) intentionally obstructs a transport security inspector acting in the exercise of a power conferred upon that inspector by these Regulations, or
(b) falsely pretends to be a transport security inspector,
commits an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(a) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(b) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4) Any person who—
(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement imposed on them under regulation 22(2)(d), or
(b) in furnishing any information so required makes a statement which that person knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
commits an offence.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (4) is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2048/regulation/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-regulations-2009/regulation-29
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