Power to obtain information
160 Power to obtain information
Where any person is found on, or is seen leaving, any licensed premises at a time other than during permitted hours, or an authorised officer has reasonable cause to suspect that any person is committing or is attempting to commit any offence against this Act, the authorised officer may require particulars of —
the name and address of that person or of any witness to an offence, or a suspected offence, against this Act; and
the age of that person, where that person’s age is or may be material to the suspected offence.
If the authorised officer has reasonable ground to suppose that any particulars supplied are false, the authorised officer may require the person to supply satisfactory evidence of those particulars.
If any person, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to supply any particulars or evidence when required to do so by any authorised officer under this section, and persists in the refusal or failure, that person may be arrested, without warrant, by any police officer.
A person who, having been required by any authorised officer to supply any particulars or evidence under this section, without reasonable excuse —
refuses or fails to supply the particulars or evidence; or
supplies any particulars or evidence knowing that the particulars or evidence are false or misleading in any material respect,
commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $7 000.
[Section 160 amended: No. 12 of 1998 s. 88; No. 73 of 2006 s. 110; No. 56 of 2010 s. 69; No. 35 of 2015 s. 25; No. 25 of 2023 s. 21(1); No. 20 of 2025 s. 40.]
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