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Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011
sec.62Obstructing health service auditor
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### sec.62 Obstructing health service auditor
A person must not obstruct a health service auditor exercising a power unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
If a person has obstructed a health service auditor and the auditor decides to proceed with the exercise of the power, the auditor must warn the person that—
it is an offence to cause an obstruction unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
the auditor considers the person’s conduct an obstruction.
In this section—
obstruct includes assault, hinder, resist, attempt to obstruct and threaten to obstruct.
(sec.62-ssec.1) A person must not obstruct a health service auditor exercising a power unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.62-ssec.2) If a person has obstructed a health service auditor and the auditor decides to proceed with the exercise of the power, the auditor must warn the person that— it is an offence to cause an obstruction unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and the auditor considers the person’s conduct an obstruction.
(sec.62-ssec.3) In this section— obstruct includes assault, hinder, resist, attempt to obstruct and threaten to obstruct.
- (a) it is an offence to cause an obstruction unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
- (b) the auditor considers the person’s conduct an obstruction.