Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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.