124Licensee, permit-holder, etc may seize false identification

124 Licensee, permit-holder, etc may seize false identification document (1) If a staff member or crowd controller working at licensed premises or permitted premises believes on reasonable grounds that a document shown to the person is a false identification document, the staff member or crowd controller may seize the document. Note A seizure of a document is an incident under s 130.

(2) However, a staff member or crowd controller working at licensed premises or permitted premises must not seize a document that purports to be a passport. (3) As soon as practicable after a staff member or crowd controller working at licensed premises or permitted premises seizes a document, the staff member or crowd controller must give a receipt for it to the person from whom it was seized. (4) A receipt under this section must include the following: (a) a description of the thing seized; (b) an explanation of why the thing was seized; (c) the date and time the thing was seized; (d) the name and address of the premises where the thing was seized; (e) if the thing is moved from the premises where it is seized— where the thing is to be taken. (5) To remove any doubt, a staff member or crowd controller giving a receipt under this section need not sign it. (6) A person commits an offence if the person— (a) is a staff member or crowd controller working at licensed premises or permitted premises; and (b) seizes a document under subsection (1); and (c) does not give the document to the commissioner within 7 days after the document is seized.