Private Health Facilities Act 1999
sec.114Power to require name and address
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sec.114 Power to require name and address
This section applies if— an authorised person finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or an authorised person finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the authorised person to reasonably suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act. The authorised person may require the person to state the person’s name and residential address. When making the requirement, the authorised person must warn the person it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name or residential address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. The authorised person may require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or residential address if the authorised person reasonably suspects the stated name or address to be false. (sec.114-ssec.1) This section applies if— an authorised person finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or an authorised person finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the authorised person to reasonably suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act. (sec.114-ssec.2) The authorised person may require the person to state the person’s name and residential address. (sec.114-ssec.3) When making the requirement, the authorised person must warn the person it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name or residential address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. (sec.114-ssec.4) The authorised person may require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or residential address if the authorised person reasonably suspects the stated name or address to be false.
- (a) an authorised person finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or
- (b) an authorised person finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the authorised person to reasonably suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act.