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Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act 2003
16Power to make person disclose identity and address
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16 Power to make person disclose identity and address
(1) A police officer may request a person to disclose the person's
identity and residential address if:
person is the target of an authorisation;
(b) the person is found in suspicious circumstances in the
company of a person who the police officer suspects on
reasonable grounds is the target of an authorisation;
(c) the person is in or on a vehicle that the officer suspects on
reasonable grounds is the target of an authorisation; or
(d) the person is in an area that is the target of an authorisation.
(2) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (1) must
not, without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with the
request.
(3) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (1) must
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(b) an address other than the person's full and correct address.
(4) A police officer may request a person to whom a request is made
under subsection (1) to provide to the officer proof of the person's
(5) A person to whom a request is made under subsection (4) must
not, without reasonable excuse, fail or refuse to comply with the
request.