HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 164C Offences [NSW[#93]

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 164C

164C Offences [NSW[#93]

(1) A person must not--

(a) prevent an authorised person from exercising any function conferred or imposed on the authorised person under this Division; or

(b) hinder or obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of a function conferred or imposed on the authorised person under this Division; or

(c) without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with any requirement made or to answer any question asked by an authorised person under this Division; or

(d) give an authorised person information knowing it to be false or misleading in a material particular.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for an offence under paragraph (a) or (b)--50 penalty units; or

(b) for an offence under paragraph (c) or (d)--20 penalty units.

(2) It is a sufficient defence to a prosecution for the offence under paragraph (c) of failing to answer a question asked by an authorised person if the defendant satisfies the court that the defendant did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, the answer to the question.