Food Act 2006
sec.197Power to require name and address
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sec.197 Power to require name and address
This section applies if— an authorised person finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or an authorised person finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the authorised person reasonably to suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act. The authorised person may require the person to state the person’s name and residential address. When making the requirement, the authorised person must warn the person it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name or residential address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. The authorised person may require the person to give the authorised person evidence of the correctness of the stated name or residential address if the authorised person reasonably suspects the stated name or address to be false. A requirement under subsection (2) or (4) is a personal details requirement . (sec.197-ssec.1) This section applies if— an authorised person finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or an authorised person finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the authorised person reasonably to suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act. (sec.197-ssec.2) The authorised person may require the person to state the person’s name and residential address. (sec.197-ssec.3) When making the requirement, the authorised person must warn the person it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name or residential address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. (sec.197-ssec.4) The authorised person may require the person to give the authorised person evidence of the correctness of the stated name or residential address if the authorised person reasonably suspects the stated name or address to be false. (sec.197-ssec.5) A requirement under subsection (2) or (4) is a personal details requirement .
- (a) an authorised person finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or
- (b) an authorised person finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the authorised person reasonably to suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act.