{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-2006/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-2006/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/68",
  "legislation_title": "The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Obstruction",
  "text": "A person is guilty of an offence if he—\n(a) intentionally obstructs an inspector acting under these Regulations;\n(b) without reasonable cause, fails to give to an inspector acting under these Regulations any assistance or information or to provide any facilities that the inspector may reasonably require him to give or provide for the performance of his functions under these Regulations;\n(c) gives false or misleading information to an inspector acting under these Regulations; or\n(d) fails to produce a record when required to do so by an inspector acting under these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 in force at 1.3.2006, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/68",
      "affecting_title": "The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/68/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:27.507090+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."
}