New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - SECT 98C

98C Interfering with access of persons to reproductive health clinics

(1) In this section--

"interfere with" includes harass, intimidate, beset, threaten, hinder, obstruct or impede by any means.

(2) A person who is in a safe access zone must not interfere with any person accessing, leaving, or attempting to access or leave, any reproductive health clinic at which abortions are provided.

(3) A person who is in a safe access zone must not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or block a footpath or road leading to any reproductive health clinic at which abortions are provided.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for a first offence--50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, or

(b) for a second or subsequent offence--100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.