Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:section:237a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 237A
Character Range: 569533–570236

237A  Obstructing authorised compliance officers

Civil penalty provision
  A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person obstructs, hinders, intimidates or resists an authorised compliance officer in the performance of the officer's functions or duties, or the exercise of the officer's powers, under this Act.
Note 1: In proceedings against a person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision, it is generally not necessary to prove the person's state of mind (see section 154C).
Note 2: A person who is liable to a civil penalty under this section may also commit an offence against section 149.1 of the Criminal Code.
Civil penalty: 100 penalty units.

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