Section 112: Obstruction

Building Act 1984 · 1984 c. 55View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: General

A person who wilfully obstructs a person acting in the execution of this Act, or of building regulations, or of an order or warrant made or issued under this Act, is in a case for which no other provision is made by this Act, liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Subsection (1) does not apply where the person obstructed is an authorised officer (within the meaning of section 22 of the Building Safety Act 2022).

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