Obstructing authorised person
80 Obstructing authorised person
A person must not obstruct an authorised person exercising a power, or someone helping an authorised person exercising a power, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
If a person has obstructed an authorised person, or someone helping an authorised person, and the authorised person decides to proceed with the exercise of the power, the authorised person must warn the person that—
it is an offence to cause an obstruction unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
the authorised person considers the person’s conduct an obstruction.
In this section—
obstruct includes assault, hinder, resist, attempt to obstruct and threaten to obstruct.
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