Marine Pollution Act 1999
74Failure to help authorised officer other than in emergency
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74 Failure to help authorised officer other than in emergency (1) If an authorised officer (other than an officer taking action under section 70) requires a person under section 62(1)(h) to give reasonable help to the officer in relation to the exercise of a power specified under section 62(1)(a) to (g) (inclusive), the person must comply with the requirement, unless he or she has a reasonable excuse. (2) If the help required is the answering of a question or producing of a document (other than a document required to be held, kept or produced by the person under this Act), it is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to answer the question, or produce the document, if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person.