Obstruction etc. of officers
15.—(1) Any person who—
(a)intentionally obstructs any person acting in the execution of the Hygiene Regulations; or
(b)without reasonable cause, fails to give to any person acting in the execution of the Hygiene Regulations any assistance or information which that person may reasonably require of him or her for the performance of that person’s functions under the Hygiene Regulations,
will be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who, in purported compliance with any such requirement as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1)—
(a)furnishes information which he or she knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)recklessly furnishes information which is false or misleading in a material particular,
will be guilty of an offence.
(3) Nothing in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) is to be construed as requiring any person to answer any question or give any information if to do so might incriminate him or her.