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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Offences - Offences relating to inspection and search

110: Offence to obstruct search

You could also call this:

"It's an offence to stop someone with a search warrant from doing their job"

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You commit an offence if you intentionally stop or delay someone who is doing a search. This search is done by someone with a search warrant. The penalty for this offence is in section 116.

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Offences: Offences relating to inspection and search

110Offence to obstruct search

  1. A person commits an offence if the person intentionally resists, obstructs, or delays any person executing, or assisting in the execution of, a search warrant.

  2. The penalty for an offence against this section is set out in section 116.