New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 63

63 Power of inspector to demand name and address

(1) An inspector may require a person whom the inspector reasonably suspects has committed an offence against this Act or the regulations to state the person’s full name and residential address.

(2) The inspector may request the person to provide reasonable proof of the person’s identity.

(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement of an inspector under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.

(4) A person does not commit an offence against this section if:

(a) the inspector does not, at the time when the inspector makes the requirement, show the person the inspector’s identification card, or

(b) the inspector does not, at the time when the inspector makes the requirement, warn the person that it would be an offence not to comply with the requirement.