Part 3

Drugs, Medicines and Pharmacies
Chapter 1

Supervision of management and use of controlled drugs

Offences in connection with power to enter and inspect
21
1
A person commits an offence if he—
a
intentionally obstructs a person in the exercise of his powers under section 20(1),
b
conceals from a person acting under section 20(1) anything which that person is entitled to inspect, or
c
without reasonable excuse fails to produce any relevant records which a person acting under section 20(1) requires to be produced.
2
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
a
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both;
b
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.
3
In the application of this section to Scotland and Northern Ireland, the reference to 12 months in subsection (2)(b) is to be read as a reference to 6 months.
S. 21 in force at 1.1.2007 for E. by S.I. 2006/3125, art. 2(1)
S. 21 in force at 1.3.2007 for S. by S.I. 2006/3125, art. 2(2)
S. 21 in force at 13.12.2008 for W. by S.I. 2008/3171, art. 2(a)
S. 21 in force at 1.8.2012 for N.I. by S.R. 2012/307, art. 2(a)