Queensland Numbered Acts

MAJOR EVENTS ACT 2014 No. 60 - SECT 63

(1) This section applies if an authorised person—

(a) finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or

(b) finds a person in circumstances that lead the authorised person to reasonably suspect the person has just committed an offence against this Act; or

(c) has information that leads the authorised person to reasonably suspect a person has just committed an offence against this Act.

(2) The authorised person may require the person to—

(a) state the person's name and residential address; and

(b) give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or address if, in the circumstances, it would be reasonable to expect the person to—

(i) be in possession of evidence of the correctness of the stated name or address; or

(ii) otherwise be able to give the evidence.

(3) When making the requirement, the authorised person must tell the person that it is an offence not to comply with the requirement.

(4) The person must comply with the requirement.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(5) A person may not be convicted of an offence under subsection (4) unless the person is convicted of the offence mentioned in subsection (1).