Offences
16 Offences
A person must not:
refuse an officer access to a place, premises or vehicle;
(b) refuse to produce to an officer a document required to be produced under this Act, the Regulations or any other Act;
(c) conceal the location or existence of a person, plant, container, vehicle or substance from an officer;
prevent a person from assisting an officer;
(e) in any other way hinder, impede or oppose, or induce a person to hinder, impede or oppose, an officer in performing his or her functions or exercising his or her powers under this Act, the Regulations or any other Act;
(f) give to an officer information that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or
fail to comply with a direction made by an officer.
Maximum penalty: In the case of a body corporate – 430 penalty units.
In the case of a natural person – 85 penalty units, or imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) A person must comply with an officer's request under section 18(1)(f) unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it.
Maximum penalty: 4 penalty units.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a person authorised under section 18(5) to assist an officer is an officer while acting within the scope of his or her authorisation.
This provision refers to the regulations (the Regulations
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