Transport (Safety Schemes Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2014
126Offence to assault, threaten or intimidate transport safety officer
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126 Offence to assault, threaten or intimidate transport safety officer
(1) A person must not directly or indirectly assault, threaten or intimidate, or attempt to assault, threaten or intimidate, a transport safety officer or a person assisting a transport safety officer.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, $50 000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both;
In the case of a body corporate, $250 000.
S. 126(2) inserted by No. 30/2021 s. 102.
transport safety officer does not include a person appointed as a transport safety officer who is also an authorised officer within the meaning of the Victorian Fisheries Authority Act 2016.
In the case of a transport safety officer who is also an authorised officer within the meaning of the Victorian Fisheries Authority Act 2016, see section 45A of the Victorian Fisheries Authority Act 2016.