6Authorised officer may demand name and address

6 Authorised officer may demand name and address

6 Authorised officer may demand name and address

(1) An authorised officer may require a person whom the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds to have committed, or to be committing, an offence against this Act or the regulations to state the person’s full name and residential address.

(2) A person must not fail to comply with a requirement made by an authorised officer under subsection (1).

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section unless it is established that the authorised officer:

(a) warned the person that failure to comply with the requirement is an offence, and

(b) identified himself or herself to the person as an authorised officer.