Animal Welfare Act 1992

This section applies if an authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person—

has committed, is committing or is about to commit an offence against this Act; or

may be able to assist in the investigation of an offence against this Act.

A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act, s 104).

The authorised officer may direct the person to give the authorised officer, immediately, any of the following personal details:

the person’s full name;

the person’s home address.

The person may ask the authorised officer to produce the authorised officer’s identity card for inspection by the person.

If the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a personal detail given by a person in response to a direction under subsection (2) is false or misleading, the authorised officer may direct the person to produce evidence immediately of the correctness of the detail.

If an authorised officer gives a direction under this section to a person, the authorised officer must tell the person that it is an offence if the person fails to comply with the direction.