Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A police officer or authorised person may, in the execution of any of his or her functions under the road transport legislation, require the driver of a vehicle, or the rider of an animal, to do any or all of the following:
(a) for the driver of a motor vehicle—produce the person's Australian driver licence or external driver licence;
(b) state the person's name;
(c) state the person's date of birth;
(d) state the person's home address.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a request made by a police officer or authorised person under subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
Note It is an offence to produce false or misleading documents (see Criminal Code, s 339).
(3) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) (a) if the defendant proves that the defendant—
(a) was not the driver of a heavy vehicle, or heavy combination, when required to produce the licence; and
(b) has a reasonable excuse for failing to produce the licence when required to do so; and
(c) within 3 days after being required to produce the licence, produces the licence at a place prescribed by regulation or as directed by the police officer or authorised person.
Note A defendant has a legal burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code, s 59).