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Litter Act 1979

Offences and penalties

17: Offences in respect of Officers

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"What happens if you don't cooperate with or pretend to be a Litter Control Officer"

If you stop a Litter Control Officer from doing their job, you can get a fine of up to $1,500. You can also get a fine if you do not do what a Litter Control Officer asks you to do, as stated in section 6 or section 7. If a Litter Control Officer asks for your name and address, and you refuse, give a false name or address, or give a vague address, you can get a fine.

If you pretend to be a Litter Control Officer when you are not, you can get a fine. A Litter Control Officer can also be called a Warden. You must follow the rules and respect Litter Control Officers when they are doing their job.

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17Offences in respect of Officers

  1. Every person commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500, who—

  2. wilfully obstructs a Litter Control Officer while acting in the execution of any of the powers or duties conferred on him by this Act:
    1. fails within a reasonable time to comply with the requirement of a Litter Control Officer exercising the power conferred on him by section 6 or section 7:
      1. after being required to disclose his true name and place of residence by a Litter Control Officer acting pursuant to the power conferred on him by section 6 or section 7—
        1. refuses to disclose his true name or place of residence; or
          1. gives a false name or place of residence; or
            1. gives such a general description of his place of residence as is illusory for the purpose of discovery:
            2. personates or falsely pretends to be a Litter Control Officer.

              1. In this section, the term Litter Control Officer includes a Warden.

              Compare
              • 1968 No 134 s 12
              Notes
              • Section 17(1): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
              • Section 17(1): amended, on , by section 10(1) of the Litter Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 24).
              • Section 17(1)(b): amended, on , by section 10(2) of the Litter Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 24).