84Powers of authorised officers

84 Powers of authorised officers (1) Subject to subsection (2), an authorised officer who enters premises in accordance with section 83 may, if the officer believes it on reasonable grounds to be necessary for the purposes of this Act— (a) examine any animal in or on the premises; or (b) give assistance to any animal on the premises; or (c) take a sample of tissue, blood, urine or other bodily material from an animal or carcass on the premises; or (d) inspect the premises and anything in or on the premises (including a document); or (e) take copies of, or extracts from, any document in or on the premises; or (f) take photographs or make films or videotapes of the premises or any animal or thing in or on the premises; or (g) seize anything (including a document), that the officer believes on reasonable grounds to be connected with an offence; or (h) ask questions of any person in or on the premises if the officer considers it reasonable to enable the officer to exercise powers under this section. (2) An authorised officer must not— (a) give a document seized under subsection (1) to someone else (other than the authority); or (b) give a copy of a document inspected or seized under subsection (1) to someone else (other than the authority); or (c) communicate to someone else (other than the authority) the contents of a document inspected or seized under subsection (1).

Powers of authorised officers Division 7.4 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the document or copy is given, or the communication is made for the purposes of the investigation or prosecution of an offence. (4) A person must take reasonable steps to comply with a requirement made of the person under subsection (1) (j). 84AA Direction to give name and address—authorised officer (1) This section applies if an authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person— (a) has committed, is committing or is about to commit an offence against this Act; or (b) may be able to assist in the investigation of an offence against this Act. (2) The authorised officer may direct the person to give the authorised officer, immediately, any of the following personal details: (a) the person’s full name; (b) the person’s home address. (3) The person may ask the authorised officer to produce the authorised officer’s identity card for inspection by the person. (4) If the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a personal detail given by a person in response to a direction under subsection (2) is false or misleading, the authorised officer may direct the person to produce evidence immediately of the correctness of the detail.

(5) If an authorised officer gives a direction under this section to a person, the authorised officer must tell the person that it is an offence if the person fails to comply with the direction. 84AB Offence—fail to comply with authorised officer’s direction to give name and address (a) is subject to a direction under section 84AA (2); and Note It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement or give false or misleading information (see Criminal Code, pt 3.4). (3) This section does not apply to a person if the authorised officer did not produce the authorised officer’s identity card for inspection by the person if asked. (4) This section does not apply to a person if the authorised officer did not, before giving the direction, warn the person that failure to comply with the direction is an offence. mentioned in s (3) and s (4) (see Criminal Code, s 58).