Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts39. Obstructing Fisheries Officers
(1) A person commits an offence who -
(a) resists or obstructs, or incites or encourages any other person to resist or obstruct, any Fisheries Officer while in the execution of the Fisheries Officer's powers or duties, or any person lawfully assisting the Fisheries Officer;
(b) uses threatening language or behaves in a threatening manner towards any Fisheries Officer while in the execution of the Fisheries Officer's powers or duties, or any person lawfully assisting the Fisheries Officer;
(c) fails to comply with the lawful requirements of any Fisheries Officer;
(d) furnishes to any Fisheries Officer any particulars which are false or misleading in any material respect; or
(e) personates or falsely claims to be a Fisheries Officer, or who falsely claims to be a person lawfully assisting the Fisheries Officer.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person who refuses to allow any Fisheries Officer, or any person lawfully assisting the Fisheries Officer, to exercise any of the powers conferred on the Fisheries Officer by or under this Act shall be deemed to be obstructing that Fisheries Officer or person.