Western Australian Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (CHEMICAL RESIDUES) ACT 1983 - SECT 19

19 .         General offences

                A person shall not — 

            (a)         refuse or fail to comply with a requirement made by an authorised person pursuant to section 17 or in response to any such requirement provide information that is false or misleading in any material particular;

            (b)         in any way obstruct or interfere with an authorised person in the discharge of any of his duties or the exercise of any of his powers under this Act;

            (c)         except in accordance with the written authority of an authorised person, alter, erase, remove, or otherwise render ineffective any identification required by a direction referred to in section 10;

            (d)         retake anything seized or taken under this Act or, except in accordance with the written authority of an authorised person, move or otherwise deal with anything seized under section 23.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        [Section 19 amended by No. 20 of 1989 s. 3.]