Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An authorised
officer may require a person whom he finds committing or whom he reasonably
suspects to be committing or to have committed an offence against this
Act to state his full name and usual place of residence.
(1a) Any owner of a
vehicle and any person to whom for the time being the possession or control of
a vehicle may be entrusted shall, if required by an authorised officer, give
any information which it is in his power to give, which may lead to the
identification of any person who was driving or who was in charge or control
of the vehicle at the time that, or at about the time that, an offence against
this Act is alleged to have been committed.
Penalty: $1 000.
(2) An authorised
officer who finds a person contravening section 23, 24 or 24A may order
that person —
(a) to
remove the material the subject of the offence from the land or waters; or
(b) to
deposit the material the subject of the offence in the nearest place or
receptacle set aside or provided for the deposit of litter,
within such time as
the authorised officer may direct.
(3) A person shall
not —
(a) fail
to comply with a requisition directed to him under subsection (1) or (2)
by an authorised officer; or
(b) in
response to a requisition directed to him under subsection (1) by an
authorised officer, give any information that is false or misleading.
Penalty: $1 000.
[Section 27 amended by No. 18 of 1986
s. 6; No. 6 of 1996 s. 9.]