(1)

A ranger or warden who believes on reasonable grounds that a person on Trust land has committed, or is committing, an offence against these Regulations may request the person to state his or her full name and residential address.

(2)

A person must not fail to comply with a request made to the person under subregulation (1).

Penalty:
5 penalty units.

(3)

A person must not, in purported compliance with a request made to the person under subregulation (1), give information that the person knows to be false or misleading.

Penalty:
5 penalty units.

(4)

However, a person does not commit an offence under subregulation (2) or

(3)

unless the ranger or warden, at the time of making the request:

(a)

produced his or her identity card, or identification as a police officer; and

(b)

warned the person that the failure to comply with the request is an offence.

(5)

An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note
For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .