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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.567Obstructing investigators
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### sec.567 Obstructing investigators
A person must not obstruct an investigator in the exercise of a power, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
If a person has obstructed an investigator and the investigator decides to proceed with the exercise of the power, the investigator must warn the person that—
it is an offence to obstruct the investigator, unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
the investigator considers the person’s conduct is an obstruction.
In this section—
obstruct includes hinder, delay, resist and attempt to obstruct.
(sec.567-ssec.1) A person must not obstruct an investigator in the exercise of a power, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.567-ssec.2) If a person has obstructed an investigator and the investigator decides to proceed with the exercise of the power, the investigator must warn the person that— it is an offence to obstruct the investigator, unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and the investigator considers the person’s conduct is an obstruction.
(sec.567-ssec.3) In this section— obstruct includes hinder, delay, resist and attempt to obstruct.
- (a) it is an offence to obstruct the investigator, unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
- (b) the investigator considers the person’s conduct is an obstruction.