Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 151

151 Conservation officer may require name and address

(1) This section applies if a conservation officer—

(a) finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or

(b) finds a person in circumstances that lead the officer to suspect, on reasonable grounds, that the person has just committed an offence against this Act; or

(c) has information that leads the officer to suspect, on reasonable grounds, that a person has just committed an offence against this Act; or

(d) believes, on reasonable grounds, that the name and address of a person is required for the administration or enforcement of this Act.

(2) The conservation officer may require the person to state the person’s name and address.

(3) When making the requirement, the conservation officer must warn the person it is an offence to fail to state the person’s name and address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

(4) The conservation officer may require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the person’s name or address if the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the name or address given is false.

(5) A person must comply with a conservation officer’s requirement under subsection (2) or (4) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with the requirement.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(6) The person does not commit an offence against this section if—

(a) the conservation officer required the person to state the person’s name and address on suspicion of the person having committed an offence against this Act; and

(b) the person is not proved to have committed the offence.