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National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002
62Power to require offenders to disclose identity and leave land
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### 62 Power to require offenders to disclose identity and leave land
> > (1) If an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed, or is committing, an offence against this Act, he or she may require that person to state his or her name and residential address.
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> > (2) If a person is found offending within any reserved land against any provision of this Act, an authorised officer may require the person to leave the reserved land.
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> > (3) The owner or occupier, or an employee or agent of an owner or occupier, of any private sanctuary or private nature reserve may require any person trespassing on that sanctuary or reserve who he or she has reasonable grounds for believing has committed, or is committing, an offence against this Act –
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> > > > (a) to state his or her name and residential address; and
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> > > > (b) to leave that sanctuary or reserve.
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> > (4) A person who, when required under this section to state his or her name and residential address, fails or refuses to do so or gives a name or residential address that is false is guilty of an offence.
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> > (5) A person who, when required under this section to leave any land, refuses to do so, or does not do so with reasonable expedition, is guilty of an offence.