{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-regulations-2001/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-regulations-2001/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3510",
  "legislation_title": "The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Obstruction",
  "text": "(1) No person shall—\n(a) intentionally obstruct any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;\n(b) without reasonable cause, fail to give to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of him for the purpose of carrying out his functions under these Regulations; or\n(c) furnish to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any information which he knows to be false or misleading.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1)(b) above shall be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1294), regs. 1(2)(b), 5 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.R. 2020/302, reg. 25)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3510/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:26:27.484932+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."
}