{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-country-fishing-enforcement-order-1997/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-country-fishing-enforcement-order-1997/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/931",
  "legislation_title": "The Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/third-country-fishing-enforcement-order-1997",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Obstruction of officers",
  "text": "Any person who, on any fishing boat which is within British fishery limits and to which a relevant Community provision applies—\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 article 6, 7 or 8 of this Order; or\n(b) without reasonable excuse prevents any other person from complying with any such requirement; or\n(c) assaults or intentionally obstructs an officer who is exercising 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/1997/931/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:11:31.656207+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."
}