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 .