Responsibility to provide facilities and assistance etc
430 Responsibility to provide facilities and assistance etc
The occupier of a residential care home entered under section 427 must provide:
an authorised Commission officer exercising powers; and
any person assisting the officer;
with all reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of their powers while at the residential care home.
A person to whom an authorised Commission officer gives a direction under subsection 427(7) must comply with the direction.
A person commits an offence if:
the person is subject to subsection (1) or (2); and
the person fails to comply with that subsection.
Penalty: 30 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
A person is liable to a civil penalty if:
the person is subject to subsection (1) or (2); and
the person fails to comply with that subsection.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
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