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Ombudsmen Act 1975

Miscellaneous provisions

30: Offences

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"Breaking the Ombudsmen Act rules can lead to fines of up to $200."

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If you do certain things, you can commit an offence against this Act. You can be fined up to $200 if you are convicted. This can happen if you wilfully obstruct, hinder, or resist an Ombudsman or someone else who is doing their job under this Act without a good reason.

You can also commit an offence if you refuse or fail to do what an Ombudsman or someone else asks you to do under this Act, without a good reason. Making a false statement to an Ombudsman or someone else, or trying to mislead them, can also be an offence.

You commit an offence if you say you have authority under this Act when you do not, either directly or indirectly.

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30Offences

  1. Every person commits an offence against this Act and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200 who—

  2. without lawful justification or excuse, wilfully obstructs, hinders, or resists an Ombudsman or any other person in the exercise of his powers under this Act:
    1. without lawful justification or excuse, refuses or wilfully fails to comply with any lawful requirement of an Ombudsman or any other person under this Act:
      1. wilfully makes any false statement to or misleads or attempts to mislead an Ombudsman or any other person in the exercise of his powers under this Act:
        1. represents directly or indirectly that he holds any authority under this Act when he does not hold that authority.

          Compare
          • 1962 No 10 s 26
          Notes
          • Section 30: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).