Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 54

54 Obstructing authorised officers or accredited persons

(1) A person must not obstruct an official in the exercise of a power, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) if paragraph (b) does not apply—60 penalty units; or

(b) if the official is an authorised officer exercising a power in relation to a heavy vehicle, a prescribed dangerous goods vehicle or the transport of dangerous goods—80 penalty units.

(2) If a person has obstructed an official under subsection (1) and the official decides to exercise the power, the official must, if practicable, warn the person—

(a) that the official considers the person’s conduct is obstructing the official; and

(b) that it is an offence to obstruct the official unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

(3) In this section—

"obstruct" includes abuse, hinder, insult, intimidate, resist and threaten and attempt to obstruct.

"official" means an authorised officer or accredited person.