reg 24 Offences and Penalties
(1) It is an offence for a person— (a) to fail without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by a contravention notice served on him pursuant to regulation 22; (b) in providing any information under these Regulations, to— (i) make a statement which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; (ii) recklessly make a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or (iii) produce or provide, or cause to be produced or provided, any document which he knows is false or misleading in a material particular. (2) It is an offence for a person— (a) intentionally to obstruct the Justifying Authority, or a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23, in the exercise or performance of his powers under regulation 23; (b) without reasonable excuse— (i) to fail to comply with any requirement imposed pursuant to regulation 23; (ii) to fail or refuse to provide facilities or assistance or any information or to permit any inspection reasonably required by the Justifying Authority, or a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23, in the exercise or performance of his powers under regulation 23; (iii) to prevent any other person from appearing before or answering any question required to be answered by the Justifying Authority, or a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23, in the exercise or performance of his powers under regulation 23; (c) falsely to pretend to be a person to whom the Justifying Authority has (under regulation 27) delegated the enforcement powers under regulation 23. (3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be liable— (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both; (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.