{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treatment-of-spruce-bark-order-1993/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treatment-of-spruce-bark-order-1993/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1282",
  "legislation_title": "The Treatment of Spruce Bark Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treatment-of-spruce-bark-order-1993",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if without reasonable excuse, proof of which shall lie with him—\n(a) he contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of this Order;\n(b) he contravenes or fails to comply with a provision or condition of a notice served, or licence granted, under this Order;\n(c) he intentionally obstructs an inspector or any person authorised by an inspector in the exercise of his powers given by or under this Order.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1282/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:56:38.603528+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."
}