Failure of driver to disclose identity
15 Failure of driver to disclose identity
The driver of a vehicle who is required by a police officer in accordance with section 14 to disclose his or her identity must not, without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with the requirement.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment, or both.
The driver of a vehicle who is required by a police officer in accordance with section 14 to disclose the identity of any driver of, or passenger in or on, the vehicle must (unless the driver has a reasonable excuse for not doing so)—
disclose the identity of the driver or passenger, or
if the driver does not know the full and correct identity of the driver or passenger—disclose such information about the driver’s or passenger’s identity (such as any alias used by the person or the general location of his or her residential address) as is known to the driver.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment, or both.
Note.
Safeguards relating to the exercise of power under section 14 are set out in Part 15.
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