Part 2: The Regulator and its functions Enforcement Section 23: Authorised officers: offences Effect
This section sets out the criminal offences of obstructing and impersonating authorised officers of the Building Safety Regulator. These offences are designed to protect the effective functioning and decision-making of the Building Safety Regulator by ensuring individuals do not impede the Building Safety Regulator’s operations.
	Each of the offences has a different penalty to reflect the respective gravity of the offence.
	The offences of obstructing and impersonating an authorised officer will be triable only in the magistrates’ court, with a maximum fine for obstruction of level 3 on the standard scale (currently £1000) (mirroring the offence of obstructing a police officer in section 89(2) of the Police Act 1996), while impersonation will carry an unlimited fine (mirroring the offence of impersonating a police officer in section 90(1) of the Police Act 1996).