SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Public health protection: further amendments

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984

19For section 63 of the 1984 Act substitute—

63Offence of wilful obstruction

(1)A person commits an offence if the person wilfully obstructs any person acting in the execution of a provision of Part 3 or 4 or this Part, or of any regulations, order or warrant made or issued under such a provision.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction—

(a)in the case of an offence of wilfully obstructing a person in the execution of a provision of Part 4 or of any regulations made under a provision of that Part, to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, and

(b)in any other case, to a fine not exceeding £20,000.