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Passenger Transport Act 2014
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#### 162 Offenders to state name and address
162 Offenders to state name and address
> > (1) A person may be required to state his or her full name and residential address by an authorised officer if the authorised officer—
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> > > (a) reasonably suspects the person to be committing or to have committed an offence against this Act or the regulations, or
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> > > (b) reasonably suspects the person to be committing or to have committed an offence against the [Graffiti Control Act 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2008-100) on railway premises, or
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> > > (c) finds the person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the officer reasonably to suspect the person has committed such an offence.
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> > (2) A person who—
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> > > (a) without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of an authorised officer made under subsection (1), or
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> > > (b) in purported compliance with such a requirement, states a name that is not his or her name or an address that is not his or her residential address,
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> > is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
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> > (3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section unless it is established that the authorised officer—
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> > > (a) warned the person that a failure or refusal to comply with the requirement is an offence, and
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> > > (b) identified himself or herself as an authorised officer or, in the case of an authorised officer who is a police officer, as a police officer.
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> > (4) The authorised officer may also request the person to provide evidence of the correctness of the stated name or required address.