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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 401

Impersonating authorised officers and rangers

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person:

  (i)   impersonates an authorised officer or a ranger on an occasion; and

  (ii)   does so knowing it to be an occasion when the officer or ranger would be on duty and doing an act or attending a place; or

  (b)   the person:

  (i)   falsely represents himself or herself to be an authorised officer or a ranger; and

  (ii)   does an act or attends a place in the assumed character of that officer or ranger; or

  (c)   the person:

  (i)   impersonates an authorised officer or a ranger or falsely represents himself or herself to be an authorised officer or a ranger; and

  (ii)   does so with the intention of obtaining a gain, causing a loss or influencing the exercise of a public duty.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to an authorised officer or a ranger.

  (3)   An authorised officer or a ranger commits an offence if:

  (a)   the officer or ranger:

  (i)   impersonates another authorised officer or ranger on an occasion; and

  (ii)   does so knowing it to be an occasion when the other officer or ranger would be on duty and doing an act or attending a place; or

  (b)   the officer or ranger:

  (i)   falsely represents himself or herself to be another authorised officer or a ranger; and

  (ii)   does an act or attends a place in the assumed character of the other officer or ranger; or

  (c)   the officer or ranger:

  (i)   impersonates another authorised officer or a ranger or falsely represents himself or herself to be another authorised officer or a ranger; and

  (ii)   does so with the intention of obtaining a gain, causing a loss or influencing the exercise of a public duty.

  (4)   An offence against this section is punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine not exceeding 120 penalty units, or both.


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