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The regulator may require the registered provider to pay some or all of the costs of the survey and report.
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A registered provider, or an officer of a registered provider, commits an offence if the provider or officer obstructs an authorised person—
in exercising a power under section 199A, or
in exercising a power under section 199, where the authorised person has entered the premises to carry out the survey under the power in section 199A.
A person commits an offence if the person obstructs an authorised person—
in exercising a power conferred by a warrant under section 199B, or
in exercising a power under section 199, where the authorised person has entered the premises to carry out a survey under a warrant under section 199B.
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
Proceedings for an offence under this section may be brought only by or with the consent of—
the regulator, or
the Director of Public Prosecutions.