52Inspectors may demand name and address

52 Inspectors may demand name and address

52 Inspectors may demand name and address

(1) An inspector who finds a person—

(a) who is committing an offence against this Act or the regulations, or

(b) whom the inspector suspects, on reasonable grounds, of having committed or attempted to commit such an offence,

may require that person to inform the inspector forthwith of that person’s full name and residential address.

(2) A person shall not fail to comply with a requirement made by an inspector under subsection (1).

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section unless it is established that the inspector—

(a) warned the person that failure to comply with the requirement is an offence, and

(b) identified himself or herself to the person as an inspector.

s 52: Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 25, Sch 1 [42].