Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 155

155 Obstructing conservation officer

(1) A person must not obstruct a conservation officer in the performance of a function or the exercise of a power under this Act.

(2) A person is taken to obstruct a conservation officer in the performance of a function or the exercise of a power under this Act if the person—

(a) assaults, abuses, hinders, resists or intimidates the officer or a person assisting the officer in the performance of the officer’s functions or exercise of the officer’s powers under this Act; or

(b) deliberately prevents or attempts to prevent (whether directly or indirectly) a person from—

(i) being questioned by a conservation officer; or

(ii) giving, under this Act, any information or document to a conservation officer; or

(c) in any other way obstructs, or attempts to obstruct, a conservation officer in the performance of the officer’s functions or exercise of the officer’s powers under this Act.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—165 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.