56.— (1) A person commits an offence if he or she without reasonable excuse—

(a) obstructs or interferes with a universal postal service provider or an employee or agent of a universal postal service provider in the execution of his or her duty in connection with the provision of all or any part of a universal postal service, or

(b) while in any post office or related premises, obstructs or interferes with the course of business of a universal postal service provider in connection with the provision of all or any part of a universal postal service.

(2) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he or she fails to leave a post office or related premises when required to do so by an employee or agent of a universal postal service provider who reasonably suspects the first-mentioned person of committing an offence under subsection (1) and the first-mentioned person may be removed by that employee or agent.

(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable on summary conviction to a class E fine.

(4) In this section “related premises” means any premises belonging to a post office or used together with a post office.