New South Wales Consolidated Acts

REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 67

67 Power to demand particulars from certain persons on club premises

(2) A member of the governing body or of any committee of a registered club or an employee of a registered club may--

(b) where the club is a club to which section 30 (2) (k) applies, demand from any person who enters or is on the premises of the club and who that member or employee suspects on reasonable grounds is not--

(i) a member of the club, or a minor who is the guest of a member, or

(ii) a guest of a member of the club particulars of whom (referred to in section 31 (1) (c)) have been entered in the register kept for the purposes of section 30 (2) (k),

particulars of the correct name and address of that person, or

(c) where the club is not a club to which section 30 (2) (k) applies, demand from any person who enters or is on the premises of the club and who that member or employee suspects on reasonable grounds is not a member of the club or a guest of a member of the club--

(i) particulars of the correct name and address of that person,

(ii) particulars as to whether that person is or is not a member of the club or a guest of a member of the club, and

(iii) where that person claims to be a guest of a member of the club, particulars of the name of that member.

(3) A member of the police force may demand--

(b) from any person who enters or is on the premises of any registered club (being a club to which section 30 (2) (k) applies) and who that member suspects on reasonable grounds is not--

(i) a member of the club, or a minor who is the guest of a member, or

(ii) a guest of a member of the club particulars of whom (referred to in section 31 (1) (c)) have been entered in the register kept for the purposes of section 30 (2) (k),

particulars of the correct name and address of that person, or

(c) from any person who enters or is on the premises of any registered club (not being a club to which section 30 (2) (k) applies) and who that member suspects on reasonable grounds is not a member of the club or a guest of a member of the club--

(i) particulars of the correct name and address of that person,

(ii) particulars as to whether that person is or is not a member of the club or a guest of a member of the club, and

(iii) where that person claims to be a guest of a member of the club, particulars of the name of that member.

(4) If a member of the governing body or of a committee of a registered club, an employee of a registered club or a member of the police force, by whom a demand has been made under subsection (2) or (3), believes on reasonable grounds that any particular given by the person on whom the demand was made is false he or she may require that person to produce evidence of the correctness of that particular.

(5) If a person on whom a demand is made under subsection (3) refuses or fails to state the particulars demanded or, without reasonable cause, to produce evidence referred to in subsection (4), the member of the police force by whom the demand was made may without any warrant apprehend that person forthwith and where he or she does so shall bring that person before a Magistrate or an authorised officer within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 as soon as practicable to be dealt with according to law.

(6) A person on whom a demand is made under subsection (2) or (3) shall not--

(a) refuse or fail to state to the person by whom the demand is made, the particulars demanded of him or her.

Maximum penalty (subsection (6)): 10 penalty units.