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34.—(1) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a)intentionally obstructs an officer of an enforcement authority acting in pursuance of these Regulations,
(b)intentionally fails to comply with any requirement properly made of the person by such an officer under regulation 33,
(c)without reasonable cause fails to give such an officer any other assistance or information which the officer may reasonably require of the person for the purpose of the officer’s functions under these Regulations.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person, in giving information to an officer of an enforcement authority who is acting in pursuance of these Regulations—
(a)makes a statement which the person knows to be false in a material particular, or
(b)recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.
(4) A person guilty of an office under paragraph (3) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
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