Section 136A — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

An inspector commits an offence if the inspector:

(a) states in a document that purports to be a form of warrant under section 136 the name of a judge unless that judge signed the warrant; or

(b) states on a form of warrant under that section a matter that, to the inspector’s knowledge, departs in a material particular from the terms of the warrant signed by the judge under that section; or

(c) purports to execute, or presents to another person, a document that purports to be a form of warrant under that section that the inspector knows:

(i) has not been approved by a judge under that section; or

(ii) departs in a material particular from the terms of a warrant signed by a judge under that section; or

(d) gives to a judge a form of warrant under that section that is not the form of warrant that the inspector purported to execute.

Penalty: 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

Related sections

• s 135Y — Compliance with embargo notices
• s 135Z — Issue of search warrants
• s 136 — Search warrants by telephone, fax etc.
• s 136B — Powers of judges
• s 137 — Limit on occupational liability
• s 137A — Contributory acts or omissions to reduce compensation in defective goods actions

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