LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 519B Obstruction of external intervener
LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2006 - SECT 519B
Obstruction of external intervener(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person obstructs, hinders, intimidates or resists an external intervener in the exercise of the intervener's functions under this Act; and
(b) the person knows that the external intervener is an external intervener.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) Strict liability applies to the circumstance that the external intervener was exercising a function under this Act.
(3) This section does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.