{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-colne-barrier-wivenhoe-order-1991/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-colne-barrier-wivenhoe-order-1991/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1760",
  "legislation_title": "The River Colne Barrier (Wivenhoe) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-colne-barrier-wivenhoe-order-1991",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Misuse of barrier, etc.",
  "text": "Any person who without lawful authority or excuse–\n(a) closes or opens, or attempts to close or open, the barrier gates; or\n(b) in any other way interferes, or attempts to interfere, with the barrier or the operation thereof,\nshall be guilty of an offence and shall for every such offence be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale or on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to a fine or both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1760/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:40:03.542496+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."
}