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Lotteries Act 1997
sec.182Power to require name and address
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### sec.182 Power to require name and address
This section applies if—
an inspector finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or
an inspector finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the inspector reasonably to suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act.
The inspector may require the person to state the person’s name and residential address.
When making the requirement, the inspector must warn the person that it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name or residential address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
The inspector may require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or residential address if the inspector reasonably suspects the stated name or address to be false.
A requirement under subsection (2) or (4) is called a personal details requirement .
s 182 amd 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3
(sec.182-ssec.1) This section applies if— an inspector finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or an inspector finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the inspector reasonably to suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act.
(sec.182-ssec.2) The inspector may require the person to state the person’s name and residential address.
(sec.182-ssec.3) When making the requirement, the inspector must warn the person that it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name or residential address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(sec.182-ssec.4) The inspector may require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or residential address if the inspector reasonably suspects the stated name or address to be false.
(sec.182-ssec.5) A requirement under subsection (2) or (4) is called a personal details requirement .
- (a) an inspector finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or
- (b) an inspector finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the inspector reasonably to suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act.