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Natural Environment Bill

Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement

243: Duty to give certain information

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"Telling officials who you are and where you live if you break a rule"

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If an enforcement officer thinks you are breaking a rule under this proposed law, they can ask you for information. They can ask for your full name, address, and date of birth if you are a person. If you are not a person, like a company, they can ask for your full name and address. If you are breaking a rule on behalf of someone else, the officer can also ask you for information about that person, like their name and address.

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Enforcement

243Duty to give certain information

  1. This section applies if an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a person (person A) is breaching, or has breached, an obligation under or a provision of this Act, a national rule, a regulation, a plan rule, or a natural resource permit.

  2. The enforcement officer may direct person A to give—

  3. their full name, address, and date of birth (if that person is a natural person); or
    1. their full name and address (if that person is not a natural person).

      1. If person A is breaching, or has breached, the obligation or provision on behalf of another person (person B), the enforcement officer may also direct person A to give the officer the following information about person B:

      2. their full name, address, and date of birth (if that person is a natural person); or
        1. their full name and address (if that person is not a natural person).

          1. In the situation described in subsection (3), the enforcement officer may also direct person B give the officer the following information about person A:

          2. their full name, address, and date of birth (if that person is a natural person); or
            1. their full name and address (if that person is not a natural person).