169Offences for impersonating, assaulting or obstructing officers

169 Offences for impersonating, assaulting or obstructing officers

169 Offences for impersonating, assaulting or obstructing officers

(1) A person must not impersonate an officer.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.

(2) A person must not assault or obstruct an officer in the exercise of the officer’s functions under this Act or another law.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.

(3) A person must not incite or encourage another person to assault or obstruct an officer in the exercise of the officer’s functions under this Act or another law.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.

(4) Without limiting subsection (2), a person must not—

(a) refuse to give information or assistance requested by an officer in the exercise of the officer’s functions under this Act or another law, or

(b) knowingly give information that is false or misleading to an officer in the exercise of the officer’s functions under this Act or another law.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.

(5) A person must not incite or encourage another person to contravene subsection (4).

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.

(6) In this section—

assault or obstruct, in relation to an officer, includes delay, hinder, resist, threaten, and use abusive language.

officer means—

(a) the Secretary, or

(b) an officer of the Service, or

(c) an ex-officio ranger, or

(d) an honorary ranger.

s 169: Am 1983 No 183, Sch 5 (15); 1986 No 218, Sch 28, Part 1 (8); 1987 No 197, Sch 1 (20); 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1995 No 101, Sch 4 [122]; 1996 No 30, Sch 2.19 [4]; 1997 No 2, Sch 1 [17]; 2001 No 130, Sch 3 [41]; 2005 No 83, Sch 1 [19]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.63 [15]. Subst 2024 No 42, Sch 1[23].