Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 3UU

Contravening directions

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is given a direction by a constable or protective service officer under:

  (i)   section   3UP (identity information at airports); or

  (ii)   section   3UQ (move - on directions at airports); or

  (iii)   section   3US (stop and directions powers at airports); and

  (b)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (c)   the conduct contravenes the direction; and

  (d)   in the case of a direction given under section   3UP or 3UQ--the constable or officer complies with section   3UT (constables' and protective service officers' duties at airports).

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

  (2)   Absolute liability applies to paragraph   (1)(d).

Note 1:   For absolute liability, see section   6.2 of the Criminal Code .

Note 2:   For subsection   (1), a person may contravene a direction by failing to comply with the direction (see the definition of contravene in section   2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 ).

Note 3:   The following offences more serious than the offence under subsection   (1) may also apply:

(a)   giving false or misleading information (see section   137.1 of the Criminal Code );

(b)   producing a false or misleading document (see section   137.2 of the Criminal Code );

(c)   obstructing a Commonwealth public official (see section   149.1 of the Criminal Code ).

Failure by constable or protective service officer to give status or identity information etc.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is subject to a requirement under section   3UT (constables' and protective service officers' duties at airports); and

  (b)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (c)   the conduct breaches the requirement.

Penalty:   5 penalty units.

  (4)   In this section:

"engage in conduct" means:

  (a)   do an act; or

  (b)   omit to perform an act.