Commentary on provisions of Act Section 6: Offences in connection with authorised inspectors
Subsection (1) makes it an offence to intentionally obstruct an authorised inspector.
	Subsection (2) makes it an offence to fail without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement for assistance reasonably made under section 5(5)(d).
	Subsection (3) makes it an offence to falsely pretend to be an authorised inspector.
	Subsection (4) specifies that a person guilty of an offence under subsections (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of any amount.
	Subsection (5) specifies that a person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine of any amount (or both); and on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine of any amount (or both).
	Subsection (6) clarifies that the reference in subsection (5) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to six months, in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020.