121Police officer or authorised person—power to require

121 Police officer or authorised person—power to require name and address etc (1) A police officer or authorised person may, if the police officer or authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that a person is committing or has committed an offence against this Act, require the person to state 1 or more of the following: (a) the person’s name; (b) the person’s date of birth; (c) the person’s home address. (2) The police officer or authorised person must tell the person the reason for the requirement and, as soon as practicable, record the reason. (3) The person may ask the police officer or authorised person to produce his or her identity card for inspection by the person. (4) A person must comply with a requirement made of the person under subsection (1) if— (a) the police officer or authorised person tells the person the reason for the requirement; and (b) for a request made by an authorised person—the authorised person has complied with the Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 21 (Power not to be exercised before identity card shown). Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units. (6) If a police officer or authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds that information stated in response to a requirement under subsection (1) is false, the police officer or authorised officer may require the person to produce an identification document if the person is carrying an identification document. (7) In this section: identification document includes the following: (a) an Australian driver licence or foreign driver licence; (b) a proof of identity card issued under the Liquor Act 2010, section 210 (Proof of identity cards), or a corresponding document issued under the law of a State; (c) a passport; (d) a student card; (e) a document that contains a photograph that could reasonably be taken to be the person and states the person’s name and date of birth. Miscellaneous Part 10