284Hindering, &c., persons engaged in administration of Act

284 Hindering, &c., persons engaged in administration of Act

[Section 284 Substituted by No. 56 of 2008, Applied:11 Feb 2009]

(1)  A person must not –

(a) without reasonable excuse hinder or obstruct an authorised officer or other person engaged in the administration of this Act; or

(b) produce a written statement of the contents of a record that he or she knows, or ought to know, is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(c) fail without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement or direction of an authorised officer under this Act; or

(d) use abusive, threatening or insulting language to an authorised officer or authorised person or to a person assisting an authorised officer or authorised person; or

(e) falsely represent, by words or conduct, that he or she is an authorised officer or authorised person.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  In this section –

authorised person means an authorised person as defined in section 244 .