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Freedom Camping Act 2011

Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions - Enforcement officers

35: Enforcement officers may require certain information

You could also call this:

“What information can officers ask for if they think you broke freedom camping rules?”

If an enforcement officer thinks you might have broken the law, they can ask you for some information. They can ask for your full name, when you were born, where you live, your email address, your phone number, and what job you do. They can also ask you for the same information about anyone else who might be involved in breaking the law.

If you’re freedom camping in a motor vehicle, the officer might ask to see your certificate of self-containment. They can do this if they think you’ve broken certain rules about freedom camping or if you’re not following the rules for self-contained motor vehicles.

The officer can’t make you tell them anything that would break legal professional privilege. This means if you’ve talked to a lawyer about something private, you don’t have to share that information.

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Part 3 Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions
Enforcement officers

35Enforcement officers may require certain information

  1. An enforcement officer who believes on reasonable grounds that a person has committed or is committing an offence may direct the person to give—

  2. his or her full name, date of birth, full address, email address, telephone number, and occupation; and
    1. the full name, date of birth, full address, email address, telephone number, occupation, and whereabouts of any other person connected in any way with the alleged offence.

      1. An enforcement officer may direct a person to produce the certificate of self-containment that applies to the motor vehicle in which the person is freedom camping if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that—

      2. the person has committed or is committing an offence under section 20(1)(b), (d), (g), or (h); or
        1. the person—
          1. has committed or is committing an offence under section 20A(a) or (d) or 20B(b) or (f); and
            1. has breached or is breaching a prohibition, restriction, or condition relating to self-contained motor vehicles.

            2. Nothing in subsection (1)(b) overrides legal professional privilege or affects any privilege recognised by sections 54 to 64 of the Evidence Act 2006.

            Notes
            • Section 35(1)(a): amended, on , by section 31(1) of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).
            • Section 35(1)(b): amended, on , by section 31(1) of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).
            • Section 35(1A): inserted, on , by section 31(2) of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).