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Environment Act 1986

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment - Functions and powers

24: Offences

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"Breaking the Environment Law: What You Can't Do"

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You commit an offence against this Act if you do certain things. You can get a fine of up to $1,000 if you are convicted. You do these things if you obstruct the Commissioner or others when they are doing their job, or if you refuse to do what they lawfully ask. You also commit an offence if you make false statements to the Commissioner or others, or try to mislead them. You are not allowed to say you have authority under this Act when you do not. This is against the law and you can get in trouble. If you break the law, you will have to go to court and you might have to pay a fine, as stated in the Environment Act 1986.

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Part 1Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Functions and powers

24Offences

  1. Every person commits an offence against this Act and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 who—

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

          Notes
          • Section 24: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).