New Zealand Legislation: Acts

15 Persons not to impersonate enforcement officers

• (1) A person (other than an enforcement officer or a dangerous goods enforcement officer) may not by words, conduct, or demeanour pretend to be an enforcement officer or dangerous goods enforcement officer, or put on or assume the dress, name, designation, or description of an enforcement officer or dangerous goods enforcement officer.

  (2) This section does not affect section 48 of the Policing Act 2008.

  Compare: 1962 No 135 s 192A

  Section 15(2): amended, on 1 October 2008, by section 130(1) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).