15Requirements to state name and address

15 Requirements to state name and address

15 Requirements to state name and address

(1) An authorised officer may require a person to state the person’s full name and residential address if the authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person—

(a) is contravening or has contravened a provision of this by-law, or

(b) is committing or has committed another offence on the Opera House premises.

(2) A person must not—

(a) without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement under this clause, or

(b) in purported compliance with a requirement, give information the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence against this clause unless it is established that the authorised officer—

(a) identified themselves as an authorised officer, and

(b) warned the person that failure to comply with the requirement is an offence.