Part 3Administration
Rangers
40Obstructing persons acting under this Act
A person must not—
- wilfully resist, impede, or obstruct a person acting under this Act; or
- wilfully incite or encourage another person to resist, impede, or obstruct a person acting under this Act; or
- wilfully use abusive or threatening language to, or behave in a threatening manner to, a person acting under this Act; or
- wilfully fail to comply with a lawful demand made by a person acting under this Act (including a requirement under section 39C(1)(a)); or
- wilfully refuse to allow a person acting under this Act to exercise a power conferred on that person by or under this Act.
A person who does not comply with this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to the penalty set out in section 67D.
In this section, a person acting under this Act means—
- a ranger exercising a power conferred on that ranger by or under this Act; and
- a person assisting a ranger under section 39(1)(e); and
- a person authorised under section 39E(2) who is exercising the power of arrest in section 39F.
Notes
- Section 40: replaced, on , by section 6 of the Wildlife (Powers) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 2).