Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) This section
applies if —
(a) an
inspector finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or
(b) an
inspector finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that
leads, the inspector to reasonably suspect the person has just committed an
offence against this Act.
(2) The inspector may
require the person to state the person’s name and address.
(3) When making the
requirement the inspector must warn the person it is an offence to fail to
state the person’s name or address, unless the person has a reasonable
excuse.
(4) The inspector may
require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or
address if the inspector reasonably suspects the stated name or address is
false.
(5) A person must
comply with a requirement under subsection (2) or (4), unless the
person has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty: a fine of $12 000 or imprisonment
for one year.
(6) A person does not
commit an offence against subsection (5) if —
(a) the
person was required to state the person’s name and address by an
inspector who suspected the person had committed an offence against this Act;
and
(b) the
person is not proved to have committed the offence.