Section 401 — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Impersonating authorised officers and rangers

(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person: (i) impersonates an authorised officer or a ranger on an occasion; and (ii) does so knowing it to be an occasion when the officer or ranger would be on duty and doing an act or attending a place; or (b) the person: (i) falsely represents himself or herself to be an authorised officer or a ranger; and (ii) does an act or attends a place in the assumed character of that officer or ranger; or (c) the person: (i) impersonates an authorised officer or a ranger or falsely represents himself or herself to be an authorised officer or a ranger; and (ii) does so with the intention of obtaining a gain, causing a loss or influencing the exercise of a public duty. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an authorised officer or a ranger. (3) An authorised officer or a ranger commits an offence if: (a) the officer or ranger: (i) impersonates another authorised officer or ranger on an occasion; and (ii) does so knowing it to be an occasion when the other officer or ranger would be on duty and doing an act or attending a place; or (b) the officer or ranger: (i) falsely represents himself or herself to be another authorised officer or a ranger; and (ii) does an act or attends a place in the assumed character of the other officer or ranger; or (c) the officer or ranger: (i) impersonates another authorised officer or a ranger or falsely represents himself or herself to be another authorised officer or a ranger; and (ii) does so with the intention of obtaining a gain, causing a loss or influencing the exercise of a public duty. (4) An offence against this section is punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine not exceeding 120 penalty units, or both.