Power to make person disclose identity and address
20L Power to make person disclose identity and address
(1) A police officer may request a person to give the officer the following details:
the person's name;
the person's residential address;
the person's date of birth;
the person's reason for being in the special area.
(2) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (1) must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene 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
(b) an address other than the full and correct address of the person's ordinary place of residence.
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 give 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, contravene the request.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
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