New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 63N

63N Obstruction of inspectors

(1) A person must not--

(a) without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with any notice given or requirement made, or to answer any question asked, by an inspector under this Act or the regulations, or

(b) provide information or give evidence in purported compliance with a requirement made or question asked by an inspector under this Act or the regulations knowing the information or evidence to be false or misleading in a material particular, or

(c) wilfully delay, hinder or obstruct an inspector in the exercise of the inspector's functions under this Act or the regulations, or

(d) falsely represent himself or herself to be an inspector.

: Maximum penalty--500 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) and 150 penalty units (in any other case).

(3) It is sufficient defence to a prosecution for an offence arising under subsection (1) (a) by reason of the failure of a defendant to answer a question asked by an inspector under a power conferred by this Act or the regulations if the defendant satisfies the court that the defendant did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence ascertain, the answer to the question.