Obstructing official
625 Obstructing official
A person must not obstruct an official exercising a power, or someone helping an official exercising a power, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
If a person has obstructed an official, or someone helping an official, and the official decides to proceed with the exercise of the power, the official must warn the person that—
it is an offence to cause an obstruction unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
the official considers the person’s conduct an obstruction.
However, a person who is a patient does not commit an offence against subsection (1) merely because the person resists the exercise of the power in relation to himself or herself.
In this section—
obstruct includes assault, hinder, resist, attempt to obstruct and threaten to obstruct.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.