South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts91—Offence to hinder etc authorised persons
(1) A person must
not—
(a)
hinder or use abusive, threatening or insulting language to an
authorised person, a person accompanying or assisting a fisheries officer or
another person engaged in the administration of this Act; or
(b) fail
to comply with a requirement made of the person by a fisheries officer under
section 81; or
(c) fail
to comply with a direction given to the person by a fisheries officer under
section 81; or
(d) in
response to a requirement made of the person by a fisheries officer under
section 81(1)(e)—
(i)
state a name or address that is false; or
(ii)
produce false evidence of his or her identity; or
(e) in
response to a requirement made of the person by a fisheries officer under
section 81(1)(f)—fail to give information or answer a question to
the best of the person's knowledge, information or belief; or
(f) in
response to a requirement made of the person by a fisheries officer under
section 81(1)(g)—produce a document or record that the person
knows, or ought to know, is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(g) by
words or conduct, falsely represent that the person is an authorised person.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(2) A person must not
assault an authorised person, a person accompanying or assisting a
fisheries officer or another person engaged in the administration of this Act.
Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.