Summary Offences Act 2005

A person must not obstruct a graffiti removal officer, or any helper, in the exercise of power under this part, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

Subsection (3) applies if—

a person obstructs a graffiti removal officer, or a helper, in the exercise of power under this part; and

the graffiti removal officer proposes to proceed with exercise of the power.

The graffiti removal officer must—

if the officer has not already done so—state that the officer is a graffiti removal officer and explain the officer’s power under this part; and

warn the person that—

it is an offence to obstruct the officer and any helper unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and

the officer considers the person’s conduct is obstruction; and

give the person a reasonable opportunity to stop the obstruction.

In this section—obstruct includes the following—

assault;

hinder;

intimidate;

prevent;

attempt to obstruct.