163Offences relating to inspectors

163 Offences relating to inspectors A person shall not: (a) assault, obstruct, hinder, threaten, abuse, insult or intimidate an inspector or person acting in aid of an inspector who is exercising or performing powers or functions under this Act or attempting to do so;

Gaming Machine Act 1995 138 (b) when required under this Act to produce: (i) for inspection an article or record; or (ii) a licence, registration, permit, approval, certificate or authorisation under this Act granted or issued to the person, fail without lawful excuse to produce it in accordance with the requirement; (c) when required under this Act to attend before an inspector, fail without lawful excuse to so attend in accordance with the requirement; (d) when required under section 162(3)(a) or (d) to answer a question or supply information with respect to: (i) an article, record or an entry in such record; (ii) the conduct of gaming; or (iv) the administration of licensed premises, or, knowing or being in a position to know the answer or information required, fail to answer that question or supply that information or supply information that is to the person's knowledge false, erroneous or misleading in a material particular; (e) when required under section 162(3)(e) to state the person's full name, the address of the person's usual place of residence and the person's date of birth or any of those particulars: (i) fail to immediately state any such particular; or (ii) state any false particular; (f) when required under section 162(3)(f) to produce evidence of the correctness of any particular: (i) fail to produce that evidence; or (ii) produce false evidence with respect to that particular;

Gaming Machine Act 1995 139 (g) retake an article, record or other thing seized and retained (h) tamper with: (i) an article, record or other thing; or (ii) a door, gate or opening that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds affords access to an article, record or other thing; marked, fastened, secured or sealed under this Act; (j) fail to open a container or other receptacle of any kind, a door of a container or other receptacle of any kind or gaming equipment when ordered to do so by an inspector acting (k) fail to withdraw from use gaming equipment or part of the gaming equipment considered by an inspector to be unsatisfactory for use when ordered to do so by an inspector acting under this Act; or (m) prevent, directly or indirectly, a person from attending before an inspector, or producing to an inspector an article or record or answering a question or supplying information to an inspector when that person is required to do so under this Act.