Offence—fail to comply with authorised officer’s direction to give name and address
84AB Offence—fail to comply with authorised officer’s direction to give name and address
A person commits an offence if the person—
is subject to a direction under section 84AA (2); and
fails to comply with the direction.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement or give false or misleading information (see Criminal Code, pt 3.4).
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
This section does not apply to a person if the authorised officer did not produce the authorised officer’s identity card for inspection by the person if asked.
This section does not apply to a person if the authorised officer did not, before giving the direction, warn the person that failure to comply with the direction is an offence.
The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) and s (4) (see Criminal Code, s 58).
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