511Power to require name and address

511 Power to require name and address

(1) This section applies if:

(a) an inspector finds a person committing an offence against this Law or the Co-operatives National Law Act of this jurisdiction; or

(b) an inspector finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the inspector to reasonably suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Law or the Co-operatives National Law Act of this jurisdiction.

(2) The inspector may require the person to state the person’s name and address.

(3) When making the requirement, the inspector must warn the person it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name or address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

(4) The inspector may require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or address if the inspector reasonably suspects the stated name or address is false.

(5) A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (2) or (4), unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

(6) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (5) if:

(a) the person was required to state the person’s name and address by an inspector who suspected the person had committed an offence against this Law or the Co-operatives National Law Act of this jurisdiction; and

(b) the person is not proved to have committed the offence referred to in paragraph (a).