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Legal Profession Act 2006
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533 Power to require name and address
(1) An investigator may require a person to state the person’s name and
home address if the investigator believes, on reasonable grounds, that
the person is committing or has just committed an offence against this
Act.
(2) The investigator must tell the person the reason for the requirement
and, as soon as practicable, record the reason.
(3) The person may ask the investigator to produce evidence of the
investigator’s appointment for inspection by the person.
(4) A person must comply with a requirement made of the person under
subsection (1) if the investigator—
(a) tells the person the reason for the requirement; and
(b) complies with any request made by the person under subsection
(3).
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.