Fact-finding missions under the Ottawa Convention
14 Offences in connection with fact-finding missions.
(1)
A person is guilty of an offence if—
(a)
he refuses without reasonable excuse to comply with any request made by a member of an authorised fact-finding mission or by a constable assisting such a mission; and
(b)
that request is one made for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by that mission of its functions under the Ottawa Convention.
(2)
A person is guilty of an offence if he wilfully obstructs any member of an authorised fact-finding mission in the carrying out of the mission’s functions under the Ottawa Convention.
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)
on summary conviction, to a fine of an amount not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(4)
In this section “authorised fact-finding mission” means a fact-finding mission in respect of which an authorisation has been issued under section 13.