(1)

An authorised officer may ask an individual to tell the authorised officer the individual's name and address if the authorised officer 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 (4), a person must not refuse or fail to comply with a request under subsection (1).

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3)

A person is guilty of an offence punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units if the person:

(a)

in purported compliance with a request under subsection (1), gives a name and address; and

(b)

does so knowing the name or address is false or misleading.

(4)

If an authorised officer makes a request of a person under subsection (1), the person is not required to comply with the request unless:

(a)

if the authorised officer is a member of a police force—he or she produces, for inspection by the person, written evidence of the fact that he or she is a member of that police force; or

(b)

in any other case—the authorised officer produces his or her identity card for inspection by the person.