Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002

A failure by a police officer to comply with an obligation under this Part to provide the name of the police officer or his or her place of duty when exercising a power to which this Part applies does not render the exercise of the power unlawful or otherwise affect the validity of anything resulting from the exercise of that power.

Subsection (1) does not apply if the failure to comply occurs after the police officer was asked for information as to the name of the police officer or his or her place of duty (as referred to in section 202(5)).

Subsection (1) does not apply to the exercise of a power that consists of a direction, requirement or request to a single person.