Local Government Act 1993
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660 Obstruction
660 Obstruction
A person who wilfully obstructs any of the following in the exercise of any function under this Act, or any other Act or any regulation conferring functions on a council is guilty of an offence—
• the Minister
• the Departmental Chief Executive
• a person authorised under section 746
• an auditor appointed under Part 3 of Chapter 13
• a council
• a councillor
• an administrator of a council appointed under this Act
• an employee of a council
• a police officer
• a person duly authorised to perform the function for the purposes of the Act or regulation concerned.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
s 660: Am 1994 No 44, Sch 12 (11); 2013 No 44, Sch 1 [46] [47].