Obstructing authorised officers
76 Obstructing authorised officers
A person must not:
(a) resist or obstruct, or incite or encourage another person to resist or obstruct, an authorised officer or a person lawfully assisting the officer;
(b) use threatening language or behave in a threatening manner towards an authorised officer or a person lawfully assisting the officer;
(c) fail to comply with the lawful requirements of an authorised officer or a person lawfully assisting the officer;
(d) provide to an authorised officer or a person lawfully assisting the officer particulars which are false or misleading in a material respect; or
(e) impersonate or falsely claim to be an authorised officer or falsely claim to be a person lawfully assisting an officer.
Penalty: environmental offence level 4.
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