Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person shall not
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(a)
assault, resist or impede, delay or in any way obstruct an authorised officer
in the exercise of his powers or in the discharge of his duties under this Act
or fail to comply in any respect with the lawful written request, requirement,
direction or order of an authorised officer; or
(b)
fail, without lawful excuse, to answer any question put to him in pursuance of
this Act by an authorised officer or a person acting as professional or expert
adviser to, or interpreter for, an authorised officer, or otherwise to furnish
information lawfully required under this Act; or
(c)
furnish false or misleading information, or directly or indirectly prevent any
person from appearing before or being questioned by an authorised officer, or
otherwise furnishing information; or
(d) fail
to produce any register, record, notice or other document which by or under
this Act he is required to produced, or fail to allow an authorised officer,
upon his producing the same, to make copies or take extracts from it or any
part thereof or of any entries therein; or
(e) fail
to allow any authorised officer to inspect, examine, test, calibrate or take
any thing or sample of any thing which the authorised officer has reasonable
grounds for believing to be a radioactive substance, irradiating apparatus, or
electronic product; or
(f) fail
to permit any inspection or examination of any premises lawfully required
under this Act; or
(g) when
required by or under this Act to furnish assistance to any person, fail
without lawful excuse to furnish that assistance.
(2) Any statement made
pursuant to any requirement made under this Act shall not, if the person
making the statement objected at the time of making it to doing so on the
ground that it might tend to incriminate him, be admissible in evidence in any
prosecution against the person for any offence not being the offence of
contravening the provisions of this section.