Hindering etc authorised officers

In force

(1)

A person who—

(a)

without reasonable excuse hinders or obstructs an authorised officer; or

(b)

fails to answer a question put by an authorised officer to the best of his or her knowledge, information or belief; or

(c)

produces a document that he or she knows, or ought to know, is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(d)

fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement or direction of an authorised officer under this Act; or

(e)

uses abusive, threatening or insulting language to an authorised officer or a person assisting an authorised officer; or

(f)

falsely represents, by words or conduct, that he or she is an authorised officer, is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

(2)

A person is not obliged to answer a question or to produce a document as required under this Act if to do so might tend to incriminate the person or make the person liable to a penalty.

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