Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if a police officer or authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that a person whose personal details are unknown to the police officer or authorised person—
(a) is or may be a responsible person for a heavy vehicle or heavy combination; or
(b) has committed, is committing or is about to commit an Australian heavy vehicle road law offence; or
(c) may be able to assist in the investigation of an Australian heavy vehicle road law offence or a suspected Australian heavy vehicle road law offence; or
(d) is or may be the driver or other person in charge of a heavy vehicle or heavy combination that has been, or may have been, involved in an incident involving death or personal injury or damage to property.
(2) The police officer or authorised person may direct the person to give the police officer or authorised person, immediately, any of the person's personal details.
(3) If the police officer or authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that a personal detail given by a person in response to a direction under subsection (2) is false or misleading, the police officer or authorised person may direct the person to produce evidence immediately of the correctness of the detail.
(4) If an authorised officer gives a direction under this section to a person, the officer must tell the person that it is an offence if the person fails to comply with the direction.
(5) This section does not affect any other provision of this Act or any other territory law that requires a person to state or provide any personal details.
Note General provisions about directions are in div 3.1.5.
(6) In this section:
"personal details", for a person, means—
(a) the person's full name and date of birth; and
(b) the address of where the person is living; and
(c) the address of where the person usually lives; and
(d) the person's business address.