New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 264

264 Wearing or possession of correctional officer uniform by others

(1) A person (not being a correctional officer) who wears, or has in his or her possession, a correctional officer uniform is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) A person is not guilty of an offence against this section if the person establishes--

(a) that the person had the permission of the Commissioner to wear or possess the uniform, or

(b) that the person wore or was in possession of the uniform for the purposes of a public entertainment, or

(c) that the person had a reasonable excuse for wearing or being in possession of the uniform.

(3) In this section,
"correctional officer uniform" means the uniform of a correctional officer, and includes--

(a) any parts of such a uniform (or any accoutrements of a correctional officer) that are generally recognised as parts of the uniform or accoutrements of a correctional officer, or

(b) a reasonable imitation of such a uniform, parts of a uniform or accoutrements.