{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-19XB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-19XB.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "section/19XB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19XB",
  "heading": "Offences in connection with enforcement powers",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he—\n(a) intentionally obstructs a wildlife inspector acting in the exercise of powers conferred by section 18B(1) or 18C(2) or (7), or\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to give any assistance reasonably required under section 18C(6).\n(2) A person is guilty of an offence if he—\n(a) intentionally obstructs a wildlife inspector acting in the exercise of powers conferred by section 18D(1) or 18E(2), or\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to make available any specimen in accordance with a requirement under section 18E(1) or (3), or\n(c) fails without reasonable excuse to give any assistance reasonably required under section 18E(4).\n(3) A person is guilty of an offence if he—\n(a) fails without reasonable excuse to make available any specimen in accordance with a requirement under section 19XA(2), or\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to give any assistance reasonably required under section 19XA(3).\n(4) Any person who, with intent to deceive, falsely pretends to be a wildlife inspector is guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 19XA, 19XB inserted (E.W.) (31.5.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 52, 107, Sch. 5 para. 3; S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/section/19XB",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:49.503545+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."
}