New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SUBSIDY ACT 1997 - SECT 20

20 Samples of petroleum products

(1) For the purpose of ascertaining whether or not petroleum products are eligible petroleum products, an authorised officer may obtain a sample of any petroleum product that appears to the authorised officer to be intended for sale or to have been sold, whether by purchasing the petroleum product or otherwise.

(2) This section does not authorise an authorised officer to enter any premises or part of any premises.

(3) A person must not obstruct or hinder an authorised officer in the exercise of the officer’s powers under this section.

Maximum penalty (subsection (3)): 50 penalty units.