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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer's Home or Place of Work etc. Regulations 2008 No. 1816
23.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he—
(a)intentionally obstructs an officer of an enforcement authority acting in pursuance of his functions under these Regulations;
(b)without reasonable cause fails to comply with any requirement properly made of him by such an officer under regulation 22; or
(c)without reasonable cause fails to give such an officer any other assistance or information which he may reasonably require of him for the purpose of the performance of his functions under these Regulations.
(2) A person is guilty of an offence if, in giving any information which is required of him under paragraph (1)(c), he makes any statement which he knows to be false in a material particular.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
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