Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

A person commits an offence if:

the person:

impersonates an authorised officer or a ranger on an occasion; and

does so knowing it to be an occasion when the officer or ranger would be on duty and doing an act or attending a place; or

the person:

falsely represents himself or herself to be an authorised officer or a ranger; and

does an act or attends a place in the assumed character of that officer or ranger; or

the person:

impersonates an authorised officer or a ranger or falsely represents himself or herself to be an authorised officer or a ranger; and

does so with the intention of obtaining a gain, causing a loss or influencing the exercise of a public duty.

Subsection (1) does not apply to an authorised officer or a ranger.

An authorised officer or a ranger commits an offence if:

the officer or ranger:

impersonates another authorised officer or ranger on an occasion; and

does so knowing it to be an occasion when the other officer or ranger would be on duty and doing an act or attending a place; or

the officer or ranger:

falsely represents himself or herself to be another authorised officer or a ranger; and

does an act or attends a place in the assumed character of the other officer or ranger; or

the officer or ranger:

impersonates another authorised officer or a ranger or falsely represents himself or herself to be another authorised officer or a ranger; and

does so with the intention of obtaining a gain, causing a loss or influencing the exercise of a public duty.

An offence against this section is punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine not exceeding 120 penalty units, or both.