Emergency Management Act 2006
60Offences with respect to emergency management workers
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60 Offences with respect to emergency management workers
A person must not –
(a) assault, resist, impede or obstruct an emergency management worker who is participating in emergency management or a rescue and retrieval operation, or performing or exercising a function or power, under this Act; or
(b) use threatening, abusive or insulting language to such an emergency management worker; or
(c) fail to comply with a lawful requirement or direction of such an emergency management worker; or
(d) knowingly provide false or misleading information to such an emergency management worker; or
(e) impersonate an emergency management worker.
Penalty: [Section 60 Amended by No. 11 of 2020, Sched. 2, Applied:27 Mar 2020] Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or both.