PART 14Monitoring and enforcement

CHAPTER 1General

Interpretation

222.  In this Part—

contravention notice” means a notice issued under regulation 247;

information” means information held in any form;

inspector” means a person appointed under regulation 237;

prohibition notice” means a notice issued under regulation 249;

warning notice” means a notice issued under regulation 248.

Offence to obstruct inspector or regulator

223.  It is an offence for a person intentionally to obstruct or impede any person who is exercising a power or performing a duty under this Part.

Penalty for obstructing inspector or regulator

224.  A person guilty of an offence under regulation 223 is liable—

(a)on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;

(b)on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(c)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine, or both.

Offence to impersonate inspector

225.  It is an offence to impersonate an inspector.

Penalty for impersonating inspector

226.  A person guilty of an offence under regulation 225 is liable on summary conviction—

(a)in England and Wales, to a fine;

(b)in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.