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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Miscellaneous and enforcement provisions - Offences - Infringement offences

154: Power of authorised person to demand information

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"What happens when someone in charge asks for your details"

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If you are suspected of committing an infringement offence, an authorised person can ask you for your full name, address, and other relevant information. They need this information to give you an infringement notice. You have to provide this information if asked. If you give false information, the authorised person can ask you to prove what you said is true. You must provide proof if asked, or you might get in trouble. If you do not give the information or give false information on purpose, you can get a fine of up to $10,000. You have the right not to say something that might get you in trouble, as described in section 60 of the Evidence Act 2006. This means you do not have to answer a question if it might make you look guilty.

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Part 4Miscellaneous and enforcement provisions
Offences: Infringement offences

154Power of authorised person to demand information

  1. An authorised person who believes on reasonable grounds that a person is committing, or has committed, an infringement offence, may require the person to provide the following particulars for the purpose of issuing the person with an infringement notice:

  2. the person’s full name:
    1. the person’s residential, business, or postal address:
      1. any other relevant information.

        1. However, nothing in subsection (1)(c) limits or affects the privilege against self-incrimination (as described in section 60 of the Evidence Act 2006).

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

        3. A person who has been required by any authorised person to provide any particulars or evidence under this section commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse,—

        4. 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.

            1. A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.