Power to require disclosure of identity
21Z Power to require disclosure of identity
(1) This section applies if a police officer believes on reasonable grounds a person may be able to assist the officer in executing a preventative detention order.
(2) The police officer may request the person to give the officer the following details:
the person's name;
the person's residential address;
the person's date of birth.
(3) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (2) must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene the request.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (2) 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.
(5) A police officer may request a person to whom a request is made under subsection (2) to give the officer proof of the person's identity.
(6) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (5) must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene the request.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
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