46Failure to comply with directions or requirements of inspectors

46 Failure to comply with directions or requirements of inspectors

46 Failure to comply with directions or requirements of inspectors

(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement or direction of a police officer or an inspector duly made under this Act.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2) A person must not, in connection with a requirement of a police officer or an inspector made under this Act, provide any information or produce any document that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) A requirement of an inspector under this Act is not duly made unless, at the time of the making of the requirement—

(a) the inspector has identified himself or herself to the person of whom the requirement is made as an inspector and, on request, produced his or her certificate of authority, and

(b) the person is informed by the inspector that a refusal or failure to comply with the requirement may constitute an offence.