Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If a POCTA inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that a person has committed an offence against this Part or Part 2, the inspector may ask the person to state his or her name and ordinary place of residence or business.
(2) In making a request under subsection (1), the inspector must inform the person of the grounds for his or her belief that the person has not complied with the requirement.
(3) A person must not—
(a) refuse or fail to comply with a request under subsection (1) without a reasonable excuse for doing so; or
(b) in response to a request under subsection (1)—
(i) state a name that is false in a material particular; or
(ii) state an address that is not the full and correct address of his or her ordinary place of residence or business.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(4) If a person states a name and address in response to a request under subsection (1) and the inspector suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the stated name and address may be false, the inspector may request the person to produce evidence of the correctness of the name and address.
(5) A person to whom a request under subsection (4) is made must comply with the request, unless he or she has a reasonable excuse for not doing so.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(6) It is not an offence for a person to fail to comply with a request under subsection (1) or (4)—
(a) if the inspector did not inform the person, at the time the request was made, that it is an offence to fail to comply with the request; or
(b) if the inspector did not identify himself or herself in accordance with section 24ZU before making the request.
S. 24ZTA inserted by No. 60/2012 s. 41.