Queensland Consolidated Acts

SURVEY AND MAPPING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2003 - SECT 27

27 Obstructing a surveyor

(1) A person must not obstruct a surveyor in the exercise of a power under division 3 , unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) If a person obstructs a surveyor and the surveyor decides to proceed with the exercise of the power, the surveyor must warn the person that—

(a) it is an offence to obstruct the surveyor, unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and

(b) the surveyor considers the person’s conduct an obstruction.

(3) In this section—

"obstruct" includes assault, hinder and threaten, and attempt to obstruct.