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WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 284 Hindering, &c., persons engaged in administration of Act

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 284

Hindering, &c., persons engaged in administration of Act

(1)  A person must not –
(a) without reasonable excuse hinder or obstruct an authorised officer or other person engaged in the administration of this Act; or
(b) produce a written statement of the contents of a record that he or she knows, or ought to know, is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(c) fail without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement or direction of an authorised officer under this Act; or
(d) use abusive, threatening or insulting language to an authorised officer or authorised person or to a person assisting an authorised officer or authorised person; or
(e) falsely represent, by words or conduct, that he or she is an authorised officer or authorised person.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(2)  In this section –
authorised person means an authorised person as defined in section 244 .