Section 212 — Privacy Act 2020: Offences

212 Offences (1) A person commits an offence against this Act and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 if the person,— (a) without reasonable excuse, obstructs, hinders, or resists the Commissioner or any other person in the exercise of their powers under this Act: (b) without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with any lawful requirement of the Commissioner or any other person under this Act. (2) A person commits an offence against this Act and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 if the person— (a) makes any statement or gives any information to the Commissioner or any other person exercising powers under this Act, knowing that the statement or information is false or misleading: (b) represents directly or indirectly that they hold any authority under this Act when they do not hold that authority: (c) misleads an agency by impersonating an individual, or falsely pretending to be an individual or to be acting under the authority of an individual, for the purpose of— (i) obtaining access to that individual’s personal information: (ii) having that individual’s personal information used, altered, or destroyed: (d) destroys any document containing personal information, knowing that a request has been made in respect of that information under subpart 1 of Part 4. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 127