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Wildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982
69AInspector may ask a person to give the person’s name and address
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##### 69A Inspector may ask a person to give the person’s name and address
(1) An inspector may ask an individual to tell the inspector the individual’s name and address if the inspector has reasonable grounds to suspect that the individual has been involved in the commission of an offence against this Act or the regulations.
(2) Subject to subsection (5), a person must not intentionally refuse or intentionally fail to comply with a request under subsection (1).
(3) A person must not, in purported compliance with a request under subsection (1), give a name or address that the person knows is false or misleading.
(4) A person who contravenes subsection (2) or (3) is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(5) If an inspector makes a request of a person under subsection (1), the person is not required to comply with the request unless:
(a) if the inspector is a member of a police force—the inspector produces, for inspection by the person, written evidence of the fact that the inspector is a member of that police force; or
(b) if the inspector is an officer of Customs—the inspector produces, for inspection by the person, written evidence of the fact that the inspector is an officer of Customs; or
(c) if the inspector is neither a member of a police force nor an officer of Customs—the inspector produces the inspector’s identity card for inspection by the person.