Power to require name and address
283 Power to require name and address
An authorised officer of a port authority or port lessor may require a person, who is in the port authority’s or port lessor’s port area, to state the person’s name and address if the authorised officer—
finds the person committing an offence against this Act; or
reasonably suspects the person has just committed an offence against this Act.
When making the requirement, the authorised officer must warn the person that it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name and address unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
The authorised officer may require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the person’s stated name and address if the authorised officer reasonably suspects the stated name or address is false.
A person must comply with the authorised officer’s requirement under subsection (1) or (3), unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
The person does not commit an offence against this section if—
the authorised officer required the person to state the person’s name and address in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b); and
the person is not proved to have committed the offence.
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