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ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 175 Requirement for driver or rider to produce Australian driver licence and state name and address

ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 175

Requirement for driver or rider to produce Australian driver licence and state name and address

175 Requirement for driver or rider to produce Australian driver licence and state name and address

(cf Gen Act, s 171)

(1) An authorised officer may, in the execution of the officer's functions under the road transport legislation, require the driver or rider of a vehicle or horse to do any or all of the following--
(a) produce the driver's relevant Australian driver licence (in the case of the driver of a motor vehicle),
(b) state the driver's or rider's name,
(c) state the driver's or rider's home address.
Note : See section 61C which enables a digital driver licence to be used to comply with a request to produce a driver licence.
(2) A person must not--
(a) refuse to comply with a requirement of an authorised officer under subsection (1), or
(b) state a false name or home address.
: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(3) In subsection (1), a reference to a driver of a vehicle (in the case of a motor vehicle) includes, where the driver is the holder of a learner licence and the motor vehicle is not a motor cycle, a reference to a holder of a relevant Australian driver licence occupying the seat in or on the motor vehicle next to the driver.