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Section 251 - Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 - Obstruction of persons | Zoe

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Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998

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251 Obstruction of persons

A person who wilfully hinders, obstructs, delays, assaults or threatens with violence any person in the exercise of that person’s functions under this Act is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

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