PART 3REGULATION OF VISITOR ACCOMMODATION
CHAPTER 2LICENSING
Offences
33Offence of wilful obstruction
(1)
A person referred to in subsection (2) commits an offence if the person wilfully obstructs an authorised person validly exercising a function under section 30.
(2)
The persons are—
(a)
a person holding a visitor accommodation licence in respect of the premises in relation to which the authorised person is exercising the function (“the relevant premises”);
(b)
a person (other than a person holding a visitor accommodation licence in respect of the relevant premises) that provides or offers to provide regulated visitor accommodation at the relevant premises;
(c)
a person that assists with or facilitates (or has assisted with or facilitated) the provision of regulated visitor accommodation by a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) at the relevant premises.
(3)
A person commits an offence if the person wilfully obstructs an authorised person in the exercise of a power conferred by virtue of a warrant under section 31.
(4)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (3)is liable on summary conviction to a fine.