Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 3UC

  (1)   A police officer may request the person to provide the officer with the following details:

  (a)   the person's name;

  (b)   the person's residential address;

  (c)   the person's reason for being in that particular Commonwealth place;

  (d)   evidence of the person's identity.

  (2)   If a police officer:

  (a)   makes a request under subsection   (1); and

  (b)   informs the person:

  (i)   of the officer's authority to make the request; and

  (ii)   that it may be an offence not to comply with the request;

the person commits an offence if:

  (c)   the person fails to comply with the request; or

  (d)   the person gives a name or address that is false in a material particular.

Penalty:   20 penalty units.

Note:   A more serious offence of obstructing a Commonwealth public official may also apply (see section   149.1 of the Criminal Code ).

  (3)   Subsection   (2) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (3) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).