Landmines Act 1998

12 Offences relating to destruction etc

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if—

(a) a copy of a notice has been served on him under section 7;

(b) the notice related to an object in his possession at the time the copy was served;

(c) he relinquishes possession of the object before the date specified under section 7(2)(e); and

(d) he has no reasonable excuse for so relinquishing possession.

(2) A person is guilty of an offence if he wilfully obstructs another in the doing by that other of any of the following—

(a) entering or searching premises under an authorisation given or warrant issued under section 8(1) or (2) or 10(6) or (7);

(b) making an object safe, seizing or removing an object, or affixing a warning, under section 8(5);

(c) destroying an object under an authorisation given under section 9(4) or 10(6) or (7);

(d) attempting to do anything mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).

(3) A person is guilty of an offence if—

(a) a warning relating to an object has been affixed under section 8(5);

(b) he interferes with the warning or, before the date specified in the warning, moves or interferes with the object; and

(c) he has no reasonable excuse for doing so.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under any of the preceding provisions of this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

(5) A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading statement in response to a copy of a notice served under section 7, 9 or 10 is guilty of an offence and liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.