22Offences relating to inspections under Part 3

22 Offences relating to inspections under Part 3

22 Offences relating to inspections under Part 3

(1) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail—

(a) to attend before a person,

(b) to furnish information, or

(c) to answer a question,

when required under section 14 to do so.

(2) A person shall not—

(a) without reasonable excuse, wilfully obstruct, hinder or resist a person in connection with the exercise of an inspecting officer’s functions under Part 3, or

(b) give to an inspecting officer, in connection with an inspection under Part 3, information or a statement that the firstmentioned person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: 10 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.

s 22: Am 2016 No 61, Sch 6.43 [16].