NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 66 Inspector may require information etc.

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 66

  (1)   An inspector may request a person whom the inspector finds committing, or whom the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds of having committed, an offence against this Act to state that person's full name and usual place of residence.

  (2)   An inspector may request a person whom the inspector finds doing, or suspects on reasonable grounds of having done, an act of a kind in respect of which a person is required to hold a permit or authority under this Act to produce such a permit or authority or evidence of the existence and contents of such a permit or authority.

  (3)   Where an inspector makes a request of a person under subsection   ( 1) or (2), the inspector shall produce the inspector's identity card for inspection by the person and, if the inspector fails to do so, the person is not obliged to comply with the request.

  (4)   Subject to subsection   ( 3), a person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a request made of the person by an inspector under subsection   ( 1) or (2) commits an offence against this section punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

  (5)   An offence under subsection   ( 4) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .