Section 135L — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

(1) A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person is:

(i) the occupier of premises to which a search warrant relates; or

(ii) another person who apparently represents the occupier of those premises; and

(b) the person fails to provide:

(i) an inspector executing the warrant; and

(ii) a person assisting the inspector;

with all reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of their powers.

Penalty:

(a) if the person is a body corporate—600 penalty units; or

(b) if the person is not a body corporate—120 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

Related sections

• s 135H — Consent
• s 135J — Details of search warrant etc. must be given to the occupier of the premises
• s 135K — Occupier etc. entitled to observe execution of search warrant
• s 135M — Receipts for seized consumer goods and equipment
• s 135N — Return of seized consumer goods and equipment
• s 135P — Judge may permit consumer goods or equipment to be retained

Research how courts apply s 135L

BriefBridge searches Australian caselaw by meaning — every answer cited to the paragraph.