sec.154OOffence to interfere

### sec.154O Offence to interfere This section applies in relation to a thing seized under division 1 or 2 . A person must not do, or attempt to do, any of the following, unless the person has a reasonable excuse— tamper with the thing; tamper with an action taken under section 152A (1) (b) to restrict access to the thing; enter, or be at, the place where the thing is being kept; move the thing from the place where it is being kept; have the thing in the person’s possession. Maximum penalty— for a thing seized under division 1 —500 penalty units; or otherwise—100 penalty units. Subsection (2) does not apply if— the person is the chief executive or a conservation officer; or the person is doing something mentioned in subsection (2) that the person is asked, or authorised, by a conservation officer to do; or in relation to wildlife—the person from whom the wildlife is seized— is complying with a direction for the wildlife given under section 152A (3) (e) ; and does not, without the written authority of a conservation officer, take the wildlife from its place of seizure. s 154O ins 2022 No. 21 s 15 (sec.154O-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a thing seized under division 1 or 2 . (sec.154O-ssec.2) A person must not do, or attempt to do, any of the following, unless the person has a reasonable excuse— tamper with the thing; tamper with an action taken under section 152A (1) (b) to restrict access to the thing; enter, or be at, the place where the thing is being kept; move the thing from the place where it is being kept; have the thing in the person’s possession. Maximum penalty— for a thing seized under division 1 —500 penalty units; or otherwise—100 penalty units. (sec.154O-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if— the person is the chief executive or a conservation officer; or the person is doing something mentioned in subsection (2) that the person is asked, or authorised, by a conservation officer to do; or in relation to wildlife—the person from whom the wildlife is seized— is complying with a direction for the wildlife given under section 152A (3) (e) ; and does not, without the written authority of a conservation officer, take the wildlife from its place of seizure. - (a) tamper with the thing; - (b) tamper with an action taken under section 152A (1) (b) to restrict access to the thing; - (c) enter, or be at, the place where the thing is being kept; - (d) move the thing from the place where it is being kept; - (e) have the thing in the person’s possession. - (a) for a thing seized under division 1 —500 penalty units; or - (b) otherwise—100 penalty units. - (a) the person is the chief executive or a conservation officer; or - (b) the person is doing something mentioned in subsection (2) that the person is asked, or authorised, by a conservation officer to do; or - (c) in relation to wildlife—the person from whom the wildlife is seized— (i) is complying with a direction for the wildlife given under section 152A (3) (e) ; and (ii) does not, without the written authority of a conservation officer, take the wildlife from its place of seizure. - (i) is complying with a direction for the wildlife given under section 152A (3) (e) ; and - (ii) does not, without the written authority of a conservation officer, take the wildlife from its place of seizure. - (i) is complying with a direction for the wildlife given under section 152A (3) (e) ; and - (ii) does not, without the written authority of a conservation officer, take the wildlife from its place of seizure.