New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VERY FAST TRAIN (ROUTE INVESTIGATION) ACT 1989 - SECT 16

16 Interference with authorised activities

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

(a) prevent another person from doing something the other person is authorised to do by a permit, or

(b) hinder or obstruct another person who is attempting to do something the other person is authorised to do by a permit.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section:

(a) of preventing another person from entering land under the authority of a permit, or

(b) of hindering or obstructing another person who is attempting to enter land under the authority of a permit,

unless the other person, before being so prevented, hindered or obstructed, produced for inspection by the person alleged to have committed the offence a notice in a form approved by the Minister issued by the holder of the permit and confirming the other person’s authority to enter the land.