28Requirement to produce Photo Card

28 Requirement to produce Photo Card

28 Requirement to produce Photo Card

(1) An authorised officer may direct a person who is in possession of a Photo Card, or thing resembling a Photo Card, to produce the Photo Card or thing to the officer if the officer reasonably suspects that the Photo Card or thing—

(a) is not the person’s Photo Card or contains information that is false or misleading as to that person’s age or identity, or

(b) has been forged or fraudulently altered or altered in a way that is calculated to deceive, or obtained by a false statement or misrepresentation or other dishonest means, or

(c) is being used in contravention of any provision of this or any other Act or law.

(2) A person must comply with a direction given to the person under this section.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence of failing to comply with a direction under this section unless the person was warned by the authorised officer when the direction was given that a failure to comply is an offence.