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HOME BUILDING ACT 1989 - SECT 128

128 Obstruction of officers and others

(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse:

(a) hinder or obstruct any officer of the Department of Fair Trading so as to interfere with the exercise of the officer’s functions under this Act, or

(b) hinder or obstruct the holder of an authority under section 126 so as to interfere with the exercise of the holder’s functions under that section, or

(c) being an occupier of any land, building, vehicle or vessel entered under such an authority, fail to provide the holder of the authority with such facilities and assistance as are reasonably requested by the holder for the exercise of the holder’s functions.

Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 20 penalty units in any other case.

(2) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section involving an authority under section 126 unless the authority was, before the alleged offence occurred, produced for inspection by the person.