Power to make person disclose identity and address
16 Power to make person disclose identity and address
(1) A police officer may request a person to disclose the person's identity and residential address if:
(a) the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is the target of an authorisation;
(b) the person is found in suspicious circumstances in the company of a person who the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds is the target of an authorisation;
(c) the person is in or on a vehicle that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds is the target of an authorisation; or
the person is in an area that is the target of an authorisation.
(2) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (1) must not, without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with the request.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (1) must not, without reasonable excuse, give in response to the request:
a name that is false in a material particular; or
an address other than the person's full and correct address.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) A police officer may request a person to whom a request is made under subsection (1) to provide to the officer proof of the person's identity.
(5) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (4) must not, without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with the request.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
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