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LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 19B Failure to remove face covering

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) ACT 2002 - SECT 19B

Failure to remove face covering

19B Failure to remove face covering

(1) A person who is required by a police officer in accordance with section 19A to remove a face covering must not, without special justification, fail or refuse to comply with the requirement.
: Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of a person who is required to remove a face covering following a requirement under section 14-- 50 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment, or both, or
(b) in any other case--2 penalty units.
(2) A person has a
"special justification" for not removing a face covering if (and only if)--
(a) the person has a legitimate medical reason for not removing the face covering, or
(b) the person has any other excuse for not removing the face covering that is an excuse of a kind prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The onus of proof of a special justification lies on the person claiming to have the special justification.