Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Sale and supply of alcohol generally - Offences and closure of premises - Powers of entry on licensed premises

269: Power of Police to demand information

You could also call this:

"Police can ask for your details if they think you've broken alcohol rules"

If a police officer thinks you have broken a rule in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act, they can ask you for your name, address, and date of birth. You have to give them this information if they ask for it. The police officer can also ask you to prove who you are if they think the information you gave them is not true.

If you do not give the police officer the information they ask for, or if you give them false information, you can get in trouble. You might even be arrested if you refuse to give them the information after they have warned you.

You can be fined up to $2,000 if you do not give the police officer the information they ask for, or if you give them false information, and you do not have a good reason for doing so, as stated in the related legislation.

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Part 2Sale and supply of alcohol generally
Offences and closure of premises: Powers of entry on licensed premises

269Power of Police to demand information

  1. A constable who has reasonable cause to suspect that any person has committed or is committing or is attempting to commit any offence against this Act may require the person to provide particulars of his or her name and address and date of birth.

  2. A constable who believes on reasonable grounds that any particulars provided on requirement under subsection (1) are false may require the person concerned to provide satisfactory evidence of the particulars.

  3. If any person, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to provide any particulars or evidence when required to do so by a constable under this section, and persists in refusing or failing after being cautioned by the constable, he or she may be arrested, without warrant, by any constable.

  4. A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of not more than $2,000 who, having been required by any constable to provide any particulars or evidence under this section, without reasonable excuse,—

  5. refuses or fails to provide the particulars or evidence; or
    1. provides any particulars or evidence knowing that the particulars or evidence are false in a material respect.
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