Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) If a staff member or crowd controller working at licensed premises or permitted premises believes on reasonable grounds that a document shown to the person is a false identification document, the staff member or crowd controller may seize the document.
Note A seizure of a document is an incident under s 130.
(2) However, a staff member or crowd controller working at licensed premises or permitted premises must not seize a document that purports to be a passport.
(3) As soon as practicable after a staff member or crowd controller working at licensed premises or permitted premises seizes a document, the staff member or crowd controller must give a receipt for it to the person from whom it was seized.
(4) A receipt under this section must include the following:
(a) a description of the thing seized;
(b) an explanation of why the thing was seized;
(c) the date and time the thing was seized;
(d) the name and address of the premises where the thing was seized;
(e) if the thing is moved from the premises where it is seized—where the thing is to be taken.
Note If a form is approved under s 228 for this provision, the form must be used.
(5) To remove any doubt, a staff member or crowd controller giving a receipt under this section need not sign it.
(6) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) is a staff member or crowd controller working at licensed premises or permitted premises; and
(b) seizes a document under subsection (1); and
(c) does not give the document to the commissioner within 7 days after the document is seized.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.