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ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 175
Requirement for driver or rider to produce Australian driver licence and state name and address
(cf Gen Act, s 171)
(1) An authorised officer may, in the execution of the
officer's functions under the road transport legislation, require the driver
or rider of a vehicle or horse to do any or all of the following-- (a) produce
the driver's relevant Australian driver licence (in the case of the driver of
a motor vehicle),
(b) state the driver's or rider's name,
(c) state the
driver's or rider's home address.
Note--: See section 61C which enables a
digital driver licence to be used to comply with a request to produce a
driver licence.
(2) A person must not-- (a) refuse to comply with a
requirement of an authorised officer under subsection (1), or
(b) state a
false name or home address.
: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(3) In
subsection (1), a reference to a driver of a vehicle (in the case of a
motor vehicle) includes, where the driver is the holder of a learner licence
and the motor vehicle is not a motor cycle, a reference to a holder of a
relevant Australian driver licence occupying the seat in or on the
motor vehicle next to the driver.
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