Food Act 2003
99Obstructing or impersonating food safety auditors
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99 Obstructing or impersonating food safety auditors
99 Obstructing or impersonating food safety auditors
(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, resist, obstruct or attempt to obstruct, a food safety auditor in the exercise of the food safety auditor’s functions under this Act.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units in the case of an individual and 2,500 penalty units in the case of a corporation.
(2) A person who impersonates a food safety auditor is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(3) A person must not threaten, intimidate or assault a food safety auditor in the exercise of the auditor’s functions under this Act.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
s 99: Am 2010 No 108, Sch 1 [2].