South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts39—Production of identification
(1) This section
applies to powers conferred on authorised officers or police officers under a
road law, but only where the physical presence of an officer at the scene is
necessary for the exercise of the power.
(2) An
authorised officer must not exercise a power unless an identification card has
been issued to or designated for the officer.
(3) An
authorised officer who is exercising or about to exercise a power is required
to comply with a request to identify himself or herself, by producing his or
her identification card.
(4) A police officer
who is exercising or about to exercise a power is required to comply with a
request to identify himself or herself, by—
(a)
producing his or her police identification; or
(b)
stating orally or in writing his or her surname, rank and identification
number.
(5) An
authorised officer or police officer is required to comply with a requirement
under subsection (3) or (4)—
(a)
immediately; or
(b) if
it is not practicable to comply with the requirement immediately—as soon
as practicable afterwards.
(6) An
authorised officer or police officer need only identify himself or herself
once to a particular person during the course of an incident, even though more
than one power is being exercised during the course of the incident.
(7) In this
section—
"incident" means—
(a) a
single incident; or
(b) a
connected series of incidents involving the same or substantially the same
parties and occurring during a period of 72 hours;
"power" means a power under an Australian road law;
"request", in relation to the exercise of a power, means a request made by a
person (if any) in respect of whom the power is being or is about to be
exercised.