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584Obstructing authorised officer
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584 Obstructing authorised officer
584 Obstructing authorised officer
(1) A person must not obstruct—
(a) an authorised officer, or someone helping an authorised officer, exercising a power under this Law; or
(b) an assistant mentioned in section 518, 519 or 523 exercising a power under that section.
Maximum penalty—$10000.
Editorial note.
See also section 737 (Increase of penalty amounts).
(2) In this section—
obstruct includes assault, hinder, resist, attempt to obstruct and threaten to obstruct.