45Requirement to state name and address

45 Requirement to state name and address

45 Requirement to state name and address

(1) For the Act, section 22(2), if the Chief Executive or an authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that a person on the Trust lands has committed an offence against the Act or this regulation, the Chief Executive or authorised person may require the person to state the person’s full name and address.

(2) A person must not—

(a) without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement under this section, or

(b) in purported compliance with a requirement under this section, give information the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (2) unless it is established that the Chief Executive or authorised person—

(a) identified themselves as the Chief Executive or an authorised person, and

(b) warned the person that failure to comply with the requirement or giving false information is an offence.