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Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015
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#### 141 Responsibility to provide facilities and assistance
(1) The occupier of premises to which an investigation warrant relates, or another person who apparently represents the occupier, must provide:
(a) an inspector executing the warrant; and
(b) any person assisting the inspector;
with all reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of their powers.
> Note: Obstructing, hindering, intimidating or resisting an inspector in the performance of his or her functions is an offence against section 149.1 of the Criminal Code.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is subject to subsection (1); and
(b) the person fails to comply with that subsection.
Penalty for contravention of this subsection: 30 penalty units.
> Note: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.