Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Regulations, enforcement, and other matters - Enforcement officers

98: Offence to obstruct enforcement officers, intentionally fail to comply with section 93, or give false and misleading information

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"Don't stop enforcement officers or give false information, or you can be fined up to $10,000."

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If you stop an enforcement officer from doing their job under section 93 or 94, you can get in trouble. You can be fined up to $10,000 if you do this on purpose. You can also get in trouble if you do not do what you are supposed to do under section 93.

If you give false or misleading information when you are asked for it under this Act, you can get in trouble. You can be fined up to $10,000 if you do this on purpose. This is because you are supposed to tell the truth when you are asked for information.

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97: Duties of enforcement officers, or

"What enforcement officers must do when checking places and people"

99: Enforcement, or

"Who makes sure people follow the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act rules and what happens if they don't"

Part 5Regulations, enforcement, and other matters
Enforcement officers

98Offence to obstruct enforcement officers, intentionally fail to comply with section 93, or give false and misleading information

A person commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, if the person—
intentionally obstructs, hinders, or resists an enforcement officer exercising or attempting to exercise powers under section 93 or 94; or
intentionally fails to comply with a requirement under section 93; or
when required to give information by or under this Act, gives information that the person knows to be false or misleading.

Notes

Section 98: inserted, on 11 November 2020, by section 27 of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 62).