Summary Offences Act 1953

Where a police officer has reasonable cause to suspect—

that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit, an offence; or

that a person may be able to assist in the investigation of an offence or a suspected offence, the officer may require that person to state all or any of the person's personal details.

Where a police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a personal detail as stated in response to a requirement under subsection (1) is false, the officer may require the person making the statement to produce evidence of the correctness of the personal detail as stated.

A person who—

refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) or (2); or

in response to a requirement under subsection (1) or (2)—

states a personal detail that is false; or

produces false evidence of a personal detail, is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $1 250 or imprisonment for 3 months.

A police officer who has required a person to state all or any of the person's personal details under this section is required to comply with a request to identify himself or herself, by—

producing his or her police identification; or

stating orally or in writing his or her surname, rank and identification number.

In this section—

personal details, in relation to a person, means—

the person's full name; and

the person's date of birth; and

the address of where the person is living; and

the address of where the person usually lives; and

the person's business address; and

if the police officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a sexual offence involving a child or children—the name and address of any place where that person works (whether as an employee, an independent contractor, a volunteer or in any other capacity).