Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Extractive Industries Development Act 1995 - SECT 44

Offence to obstruct inspector, etc.

44. Offence to obstruct inspector, etc.



(1) A person must not-

   (a)  wilfully assault, obstruct or attempt to obstruct, threaten,
        intimidate or attempt to intimidate an inspector in the exercise of
        the inspector's powers or the discharge of the inspector's duties; or

   (b)  contravene or fail to comply with any lawful requirement of an
        inspector; or

   (c)  refuse or neglect, when required by this Act to do so, to render
        assistance or furnish information to an inspector; or

   (d)  when required by an inspector to state his or her full name and
        address-

   (i)  fail to do so; or

   (ii) state a false name or address; or

   (e)  make to an inspector exercising a power or discharging a duty under
        this Act a statement knowing it to be false or misleading in any
        particular.

Penalty: 200 penalty units.

(2) A reference in subsection (1) to an inspector includes a reference to a
person acting under an instrument of delegation under section 42(b).

Division 2-Quarrying infringements