Section 173 of the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) is ‘Offences Obstructing, Hindering or Impersonating Authorised Officer’ and is extracted below.
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The Legislation
Section 173 of the Road Transport Act 2013 is Offences Obstructing, Hindering or Impersonating Authorised Officer and reads as follows:
Offences obstructing, hindering or impersonating authorised officer
(cf Gen Act, ss 169 and 170)
(1) A person must not obstruct or hinder an authorised officer in the exercise of the officer’s functions under the road transport legislation.
Maximum penalty: 80 penalty units (in the case of an individual) or 400 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).
(2) A person must not impersonate an authorised officer.
The penalties
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units (in the case of an individual) or 500 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).
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