Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

CONSUMER AFFAIRS REGULATIONS 1972 - REG 5

5 .         Personating officers of Department etc.

        (1)         A person who — 

            (a)         forges or counterfeits any warrant or document;

            (b)         makes use of any forged, counterfeited or false warrant or document;

            (c)         personates a person named in a document;

            (d)         falsely pretends to be — 

        [(i)         deleted]

                  (ii)         the Commissioner; or

                  (iii)         an officer of the Department;

                or

            (e)         falsely pretends to be acting pursuant to authority conferred by or under the Act,

                commits an offence.

        Penalty: $200.

        (2)         A reference in this regulation to a warrant or document shall be construed as a reference to a warrant or document of a kind required under section 19(2) of the Act.

        [Regulation 5 inserted in Gazette 8 Feb 1974 p. 358; amended in Gazette 11 Dec 1981 p. 5071; 22 Sep 2006 p. 4085.]