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Section : 185 Power to require name and address
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified
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- (1) An inspector may require a person to provide the person's name and residential address if:
- (a) the inspector finds the person committing an offence against this Act; or
- (b) the inspector finds the person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the inspector to reasonably suspect the person has committed an offence against this Act.
- (2) When asking a person to provide his or her name and residential address, the inspector must:
- (a) tell the person the reason for the requirement to provide his or her name and residential address; and
- (b) warn the person that it is an offence to fail to state that name and residential address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
- (3) If the inspector reasonably believes that the name or residential address is false, the inspector may require the person to give evidence of its correctness.
- (4) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) or (3).
- (5) Subsection (4) places an evidential burden on the accused to show a reasonable excuse. Penalty: The tier D monetary penalty.