Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person who is not a police officer commits an offence if the person wears a uniform or badge of a police officer.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) A person who is not a police officer commits an offence if the person represents himself or herself to be a police officer.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is a strict liability offence.
(4) A person who is not a police officer commits an offence if the person wears clothing or a badge and is reckless about whether the clothing or badge would cause someone to believe that the person is a police officer.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(5) This section does not apply to conduct engaged in solely for entertainment.