LOCAL LAND SERVICES ACT 2013 - SECT 124 Person in charge of vehicle transporting stock to give name and other particulars

LOCAL LAND SERVICES ACT 2013 - SECT 124

124 Person in charge of vehicle transporting stock to give name and other particulars

(1) An authorised officer may request the person in charge of a vehicle that the authorised officer has reasonable grounds to believe is being used to transport stock to give the person's name or residential address, or both.

(2) An authorised officer may make a request referred to in subsection (1) only if, before making the request, the authorised officer--

(a) provides evidence to the person that he or she is an authorised officer (unless the authorised officer is a police officer in uniform), and

(b) in the case of a police officer in uniform--provides his or her name and place of duty, and

(c) informs the person of the reason for the request, and

(d) warns the person that a failure to comply with the request may be an offence.

(3) A person who (without reasonable excuse)--

(a) fails to comply with a request under this section, or

(b) in response to the request, gives a name or address that is false or misleading,

is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.