Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT REFORM (DANGEROUS GOODS) ACT 1995 - SECT 22

                   A person who:

                     (a)  without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a direction made by an authorised officer in accordance with section 18 or 20; or

                     (b)  without reasonable excuse, obstructs an authorised officer or a person assisting an authorised officer in the exercise of power of the authorised officer; or

                     (c)  gives to an authorised officer who is exercising such a power information that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular;

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:    $10,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, for an individual or $50,000 for a body corporate.