{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-conservation-measures-order-1997/article-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1949",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-enforcement-of-community-conservation-measures-order-1997",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Obstruction of officers",
  "text": "Any person who–\n(a) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a British sea-fishery officer under the powers conferred on British sea-fishery officers by articles 6 and 7 of this Order;\n(b) without reasonable excuse prevents, or attempts to prevent, any other person from complying with any such requirement; or\n(c) assaults an officer who is exercising any of the powers conferred on him by articles 6 to 8 of this Order or intentionally obstructs any such officer in the exercise of any of those powers\nshall be guilty of an offence and liable–\n(i) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(ii) on conviction on indictment to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1949/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:40.012558+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."
}