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Environmental Protection Act 1994
sec.475Failure to give name and address etc.
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### sec.475 Failure to give name and address etc.
A person who is required by an authorised person under section 464 (1) to state the person’s name or address must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
A person who is required by an authorised person under section 464 (3) to give evidence of the correctness of a name or address must give the evidence, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
The person does not commit an offence against this section if—
the authorised person required the person to state the person’s name and address on suspicion of the person having committed an offence against this Act; and
the person is not proved to have committed the offence.
(sec.475-ssec.1) A person who is required by an authorised person under section 464 (1) to state the person’s name or address must comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.475-ssec.2) A person who is required by an authorised person under section 464 (3) to give evidence of the correctness of a name or address must give the evidence, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.475-ssec.3) The person does not commit an offence against this section if— the authorised person required the person to state the person’s name and address on suspicion of the person having committed an offence against this Act; and the person is not proved to have committed the offence.
- (a) the authorised person required the person to state the person’s name and address on suspicion of the person having committed an offence against this Act; and
- (b) the person is not proved to have committed the offence.