Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An officer may require a person whom the officer knows or reasonably suspects is a non - citizen to:
(a) present to the officer evidence (which might include a personal identifier) of being a lawful non - citizen; or
(b) present to the officer evidence (which might include a personal identifier) of the person's identity.
(2) The person must comply with the requirement within a period specified by the officer, being a prescribed period or such further period as the officer allows.
(3) Regulations prescribing a period for compliance may prescribe different periods and the circumstances in which a particular prescribed period is to apply which may be:
(a) when the requirement is oral; or
(b) when the requirement is in writing.