New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 18

18 Failure to comply with directions or requirements of inspectors

(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement of an inspector duly made under this Part.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) A person must not, in connection with a requirement of an inspector made under this Part, provide any information or produce any document that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) A requirement under this Part is not duly made unless, at the time of the making of the requirement:

(a) the inspector has identified himself or herself to the person of whom the requirement is made as an inspector and, on request, produced his or her certificate of authority, and

(b) the person is informed by the inspector that a refusal or failure to comply with the requirement may constitute an offence.