682Offence—failure to answer police questions

682 Offence—failure to answer police questions (a) the person is required by a police officer under section 680 (1) (d) to answer a question; and (b) the person does not take reasonable steps to answer the question. Note 1 The Legislation Act, s 170 and s 171 deal with the application of the Note 2 A person who gives information honestly and without recklessness does not breach professional ethics etc and is protected from civil liability (see s 874). Note 3 Giving false or misleading information to the police officer is an offence (see Criminal Code, s 338).