{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-northern-hake-stock-scotland-order-2006/article-16",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/505",
  "legislation_title": "The Sea Fishing (Northern Hake Stock) (Scotland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sea-fishing-northern-hake-stock-scotland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Obstruction of officers",
  "text": "(1) 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 such officers by articles 12 to 14 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) intentionally obstructs any such officer in the exercise of any of those powers,\nis guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable–\n(a) on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) 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/ssi/2006/505/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:17:41.704515+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."
}