Power to require name and address
232 Power to require name and address
This section applies if an authorised person—
finds a person committing an offence against this Act or contravening a prescribed provision; or
finds a person in circumstances that lead the authorised person to reasonably suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act or contravened a prescribed provision; or
has information that leads the authorised person to reasonably suspect a person has just committed an offence against this Act or contravened a prescribed provision.
The authorised person may require the person to state the person’s name and address.
The authorised person may also require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or address if, in the circumstances, it would be reasonable to expect the person to—
be in possession of evidence of the correctness of the stated name or address; or
otherwise be able to give the evidence.
When making a personal details requirement, the authorised person must give the person an offence warning for the requirement.
A requirement under this section is a personal details requirement.
In this section—
address, of a person, includes the person’s residential and business address and, for a person temporarily in Queensland, includes the place where the person is living in Queensland.
prescribed provision means section 107(1), 108 or 109(1) or (2).
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