146Power to require evidence of age, name and address of person

146 Power to require evidence of age, name and address of person (1) This section applies if— (a) the regulations require a staff member, or a volunteer to have attained a prescribed minimum age; and (b) an authorised officer reasonably suspects that a person— (i) is employed or engaged as a staff member by, or is a volunteer at, a children's service; and (ii) has not attained that prescribed minimum age. (2) The authorised officer may require the person to state the person's correct date of birth, whether or not when requiring the person to state the person's correct name and address. (3) Also, the authorised officer may require the person to provide evidence of the correctness of the stated date of birth— (a) at the time of making the requirement under subsection (2) if, in the circumstances, it would be reasonable to expect the person to be in possession of evidence of the correctness of the stated date of birth; or (b) otherwise, within 14 days of making the requirement under subsection (2). (4) The authorised officer may require the person to state the person's name and residential address if— (a) the person refuses or is unable to comply with a requirement under subsection (2) or (3); or (b) according to the date of birth the person states, or the evidence of the person's age the person gives, the person has not attained the prescribed minimum age. S. 147 inserted by No. 37/2019 s. 8.