Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WEAPONS ACT 1991 (NO. 8 OF 1991) - SECT 80

80. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who is carrying or has upon his or her person or under his or her immediate control, a dangerous weapon or restricted weapon, shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement of a police officer—

        (a)     to produce his or her licence for inspection by the police officer;

        (b)     in the case of a person who is otherwise authorised by this Act to possess or use a dangerous weapon or restricted weapon—to give reasonable proof that he or she is so authorised to possess or use the weapon; or

        (c)     to give the police officer particulars of his or her name and address.

Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) A person who fails to produce a licence to a police officer when required to do so under subsection (1) shall not be taken to have contravened that subsection if the person produces his or her licence to the Registrar within 3 days after the date of that request.

(3) Where a police officer makes a requirement of a person under subsection (1), that person is not obliged to comply with that requirement unless, if requested to do so by that person, the officer produces to that person evidence that the officer is a police officer.

(4) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall not give a police officer particulars of his or her name and address that are false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: $1,000.