ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 23 Unauthorised demand for production of driver licence

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 23

23 Unauthorised demand for production of driver licence

(cf Traffic Act, s 11AD)

(1) A person must not (knowing that he or she is not by law authorised to require its production) demand production by another person of that other person's driver licence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the making of a statement that could reasonably be understood, by the person to whom the statement is made, as indicating that that person is being required to produce his or her driver licence is taken to be a demand for its production.

(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a request for production of a driver licence as a means of evidencing the identity or age of a person:

(a) in connection with the supply of any goods or services, or

(b) in connection with the conferring of any right, title or benefit, or

(c) in other circumstances,

where it is reasonable for the person making the request to require evidence of the other person's identity or age.