Directions at airports—offences
3UU Directions at airports—offences
Contravening directions
A person commits an offence if:
the person is given a direction by a constable or protective service officer under:
section 3UP (identity information at airports); or
section 3UQ (move‑on directions at airports); or
section 3US (stop and directions powers at airports); and
the person engages in conduct; and
the conduct contravenes the direction; and
in the case of a direction given under section 3UP or 3UQ—the constable or officer complies with section 3UT (constables’ and protective service officers’ duties at airports).
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(d).
For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.
For subsection (1), a person may contravene a direction by failing to comply with the direction (see the definition of contravene in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).
The following offences more serious than the offence under subsection (1) may also apply:
giving false or misleading information (see section 137.1 of the Criminal Code);
producing a false or misleading document (see section 137.2 of the Criminal Code);
obstructing a Commonwealth public official (see section 149.1 of the Criminal Code).
Failure by constable or protective service officer to give status or identity information etc.
A person commits an offence if:
the person is subject to a requirement under section 3UT (constables’ and protective service officers’ duties at airports); and
the person engages in conduct; and
the conduct breaches the requirement.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
In this section:
engage in conduct means:
do an act; or
omit to perform an act.
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