PART 6ENFORCEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENCES

Enforcement

Offences in relation to wildlife officers69

1

A person (“P”) is guilty of an offence if P—

a

intentionally obstructs a wildlife officer, or a person assisting an officer by virtue of regulation 66, in the exercise of functions under these Regulations;

b

assaults a wildlife officer, or a person assisting an officer by virtue of regulation 66, in the exercise of functions under these Regulations;

c

fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement under regulation 62(2), 63(1), 64(1) or 65 reasonably made by a wildlife officer or by a person assisting an officer by virtue of regulation 66;

d

prevents any other person from complying with any such requirement; or

e

in purporting to give information requested by a wildlife officer, or by a person assisting an officer by virtue of regulation 66, makes a statement which P knows to be false in a material particular.

2

A person guilty of an offence under this regulation is liable, either on summary conviction or on conviction on indictment, to a fine.