Fisheries Management Act 1994
275TObstructing, impersonating etc scientific observers
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275T Obstructing, impersonating etc scientific observers
275T Obstructing, impersonating etc scientific observers
(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, resists or obstructs a scientific observer in the exercise of the scientific observer’s functions under this Division is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.
(2) A person who assaults, abuses or threatens a scientific observer, or who encourages another person to do so, is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.
(3) A person who impersonates a scientific observer is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.
pt 9, div 4B (ss 275J–275T): Ins 2015 No 59, Sch 1 [132].