Victorian Current Acts

FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 112ZA

    (1)     If the Chief Commissioner has made a service direction determination, a police officer may—

        (a)     stop an individual who is in a public place and whom the police officer is reasonably satisfied is the individual to whom the determination applies; and

        (b)     direct the individual to give the officer the individual's name and address.

    (2)     A person who, in response to a direction given by a police officer under subsection (1)—

        (a)     refuses or fails to comply with the direction; or

        (b)     states a name that is false in a material particular; or

        (c)     states an address other than the full and correct address of the person's ordinary place of residence or business—

is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty of not more than 5 penalty units.

    (3)     A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is not liable to be charged with an offence under section 140A(2) in respect of the same conduct.

S. 112ZB inserted by No. 10/2024 s. 14.