Hindering inspectors, &c.
51 Hindering inspectors, &c.
A person shall not:
(a) hinder, obstruct or assault an inspector exercising the inspector's powers or performing the inspector's functions under this Act;
(b) use threatening language or behave in a threatening manner towards an inspector exercising a power or performing a function under this Act or a person assisting the inspector to do so;
(c) fail to comply with a lawful direction of an inspector given under this Act;
(d) provide to an inspector information which is false or misleading in a material particular;
(e) when required by an inspector to do so, refuse or fail to produce to the inspector a record that the person is required by or under this Act to keep;
(f) when required by an inspector to do so, refuse or fail to produce a body, carcass, meat, pet meat, offal not fit for human consumption, skin, hide or feathers, being an object that the person is required to produce by or under this Act; or
(g) impersonate or falsely claim to be an inspector or a person assisting an inspector.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person who refuses to allow an inspector or a person lawfully assisting an inspector to exercise a power conferred or perform a function imposed on an inspector by or under this Act shall be deemed to be obstructing the inspector or person.
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