Requirement to give name, address and age
182 Requirement to give name, address and age
An investigator who—
finds a person committing, or finds a person that the investigator suspects on reasonable grounds of having committed, an offence against this Act; or
believes on reasonable grounds that the name and address, or age, of a person is required for the purpose of the administration or enforcement of this Act;
may require the person to state the person’s name and address or age and, if the investigator believes on reasonable grounds that the name, address or age given is false, may require evidence of its correctness.
Note—See the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, sections 29AH and 29AI for the use of a digital authority, a digital evidence of age or a digital evidence of identity.
A person who is required under subsection (1) to state the person’s name, address or age must not—
fail to comply with the requirement; or
state a false name, address or age.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
A person who is required under subsection (1) to give evidence of the correctness of a name, address or age must not—
without reasonable excuse, fail to give the evidence; or
give false evidence.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
If—
an investigator makes a requirement under subsection (1) on suspicion of a person having committed an offence; and
the person is not proved to have committed the offence;
the person does not commit an offence against this section.
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