Paragraph 17 Paragraph 72 Background
This paragraph, along with section 23, mirrors similar provisions supporting staff of other regulatory bodies such as the Food Standards Agency, Financial Conduct Authority and the Health and Safety Executive. The current penalty for obstructing a local authority building control officer is very low compared to these other regulators, and indeed the offence of obstructing an authorised officer of the regulator in section 23, hence this provision increasing it accordingly.