Telecommunications Interception Act 2009
sec.35Offences relating to inspections under pt 4
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sec.35 Offences relating to inspections under pt 4
A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to do any of the following when required to do so under section 27 — attend before a person; give information; answer a question. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. A person must not— without reasonable excuse, wilfully obstruct a person in connection with the exercise of the inspecting entity’s functions under part 4 ; or give the inspecting entity, in connection with an inspection under part 4 , information or a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. A complaint for an offence against subsection (2) (b) may state that information or a statement was ‘false or misleading’, without stating which. (sec.35-ssec.1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to do any of the following when required to do so under section 27 — attend before a person; give information; answer a question. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. (sec.35-ssec.2) A person must not— without reasonable excuse, wilfully obstruct a person in connection with the exercise of the inspecting entity’s functions under part 4 ; or give the inspecting entity, in connection with an inspection under part 4 , information or a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. (sec.35-ssec.3) A complaint for an offence against subsection (2) (b) may state that information or a statement was ‘false or misleading’, without stating which.
- (a) attend before a person;
- (b) give information;
- (c) answer a question.
- (a) without reasonable excuse, wilfully obstruct a person in connection with the exercise of the inspecting entity’s functions under part 4 ; or
- (b) give the inspecting entity, in connection with an inspection under part 4 , information or a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.