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Smoke-free Environment Act 2000
18Failure to comply with directions or requirements of inspectors
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#### 18 Failure to comply with directions or requirements of inspectors
18 Failure to comply with directions or requirements of inspectors
> > (1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement of an inspector duly made under this Part.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (2) A person must not, in connection with a requirement of an inspector made under this Part, provide any information or produce any document that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (3) A requirement under this Part is not duly made unless, at the time of the making of the requirement—
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> > > (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
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> > > (b) the person is informed by the inspector that a refusal or failure to comply with the requirement may constitute an offence.