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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-control-measures-scotland-order-2015/article-17",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2015/320",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-eu-control-measures-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Obstruction of officers",
  "text": "It is an offence for any person to—\n(a) fail without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a British sea-fishery officer under the powers conferred by this Order;\n(b) without reasonable excuse prevent, or attempt to prevent, any other person from complying with any such requirement;\n(c) conceal, tamper with or dispose of evidence relating to an investigation; or\n(d) assault an officer who is exercising any of the powers conferred by this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/320/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:48.994178+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."
}