New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 69G

69G Requirement to state name and address

(1) An authorised officer who reasonably suspects a person of having committed an offence under this Act or the regulations may require the person to state his or her full name and residential address.

(2) A person must not--

(a) fail to comply with a requirement under this section, or

(b) in purported compliance with such a requirement, furnish a name that is not his or her name or an address that is not his or her residential address.

: Maximum penalty--15 penalty units.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section unless it is established that the authorised officer warned the person that a failure to comply is an offence.

(4) If an authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person has committed an offence under this section, the authorised officer may, without a warrant, arrest the person.

(5) An authorised officer who arrests a person under this section must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, take the person before an authorised officer (within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 ) to be dealt with according to law.