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Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions - Enforcement

75: Offences related to inspections and searches

You could also call this:

"Breaking the law by stopping or hindering inspectors under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act"

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If you intentionally stop or hinder an authorised person from doing their job under this Act, you are committing an offence. You also commit an offence if you refuse or fail to do what an authorised person lawfully asks you to do under this Act. If you commit this offence, you can be fined up to $20,000 if you are convicted.

You might be wondering what an authorised person is - this is someone who has the power to carry out inspections and searches under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004.

The rules about convictions and fines can be found in the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, which amended this part of the law on 1 July 2013.

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Part 4Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions
Enforcement

75Offences related to inspections and searches

  1. Every person commits an offence who—

  2. intentionally obstructs, hinders, or resists an authorised person, or any person lawfully assisting an authorised person, in the exercise of the authorised person's powers under this Act; or
    1. intentionally refuses or fails to comply with any lawful requirements of an authorised person under this Act.

      1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

      Notes
      • Section 75(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).