Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS (ROAD TRANSPORT) ACT 2009 (NO. 34 OF 2009) - SECT 57

    (1)     This section applies if an authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that a person—

        (a)     has committed, is committing or is about to commit an offence against this Act; or

        (b)     may be able to assist in the investigation of an offence, or suspected offence, against this Act.

Note     A reference to an Act includes a reference to the statutory instruments made or in force under the Act, including any regulation (see Legislation Act, s 104).

    (2)     The authorised person may direct the person to give the authorised person, immediately, any of the person's personal details.

    (3)     If the authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that a personal detail given by a person in response to a direction under subsection (2) is false or misleading, the authorised person may direct the person to produce evidence immediately of the correctness of the detail.

    (4)     If an authorised person gives a direction under this section to a person, the authorised person must tell the person—

        (a)     the reasonable grounds for the suspicion mentioned in subsection (3); and

        (b)     that it is an offence if the person fails to comply with the direction.

    (5)     This section does not affect any other provision of this Act or any other territory law that requires a person to state or give any personal details.

    (6)     In this section:

"personal details", for a person, means—

        (a)     the person's full name and date of birth; and

        (b)     the person's home address; and

        (c)     if different from the person's home address—the address of the place where the person is living; and

        (d)     the person's business address.

Note 1     How a direction may be given is dealt with in s 63.

Note 2     General provisions about directions are in pt 3.4.