Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) an authorised officer finds a person committing an offence against a transport Act; or
(b) an authorised officer finds a person in circumstances that lead, or has information that leads, the officer to reasonably suspect the person has just committed an offence against a transport Act; or
(c) a vehicle is stationary on a road or has been stopped under section 32.
(2) The officer may require the following person to state the person's name and address--
(a) for subsection (1)(a) or (b)--the person mentioned in the relevant paragraph;
(b) for subsection (1)(c)--the person in control of the vehicle mentioned in the paragraph.
(3) When making the requirement, the officer must warn the person it is an offence to fail to state the person's name or address, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
(4) The officer may require the person to give evidence of the correctness of the stated name or address if the officer reasonably suspects the stated name or address is false.
(5) A person must comply with a requirement under subsection (2) or (4), unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty--60 penalty units.
(6) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (5) if--
(a) the person was required to state the person's name and address by an authorised officer who suspected the person had committed an offence against this Act; and
(b) the person is not proved to have committed the offence.