16Obstruction of authorised officer
(1)Any person who—
(a)intentionally obstructs any authorised officer acting in the exercise of his powers under this Act; or
(b)without reasonable cause fails to give any authorised officer any assistance or information which the officer may reasonably require of him for the purposes of the exercise of the officer’s functions under any provision of this Act;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2)Subsection (1)(b) above applies in relation to a constable as it applies in relation to an authorised officer.
(3)A person shall be guilty of an offence if, in giving any information which is required of him by virtue of section 11 (Notice of occasional sales and squat trading) of this Act—
(a)he makes any statement which he knows is false in a material particular; or
(b)he recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.