Part 5 Provisions Supplementary to Parts 3 and 4
Consumer Rights Act 2015 (2015 c 15) | Legislation

Part 5 Provisions Supplementary to Parts 3 and 4

Offence of obstruction

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(1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)     intentionally obstructs an enforcer or an officer of an enforcer who is exercising or seeking to exercise a power under Part 4 of this Schedule in accordance with that Part,

(b)     intentionally fails to comply with a requirement properly imposed by an enforcer or an officer of an enforcer under Part 4 of this Schedule, or

(c)     without reasonable cause fails to give an enforcer or an officer of an enforcer any other assistance or information which the enforcer or officer reasonably requires of the person for a purpose for which the enforcer or officer may exercise a power under Part 4 of this Schedule.

(2)     A person commits an offence if, in giving information of a kind referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c), the person—

(a)     makes a statement which the person knows is false or misleading in a material respect, or

(b)     recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material respect.

(3)     A person who is guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) is liable on summary

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