Section 3UC — Crimes Act 1914: Requirement to provide name etc.

(1) A police officer may request the person to provide the officer with the following details: (a) the person’s name; (b) the person’s residential address; (c) the person’s reason for being in that particular Commonwealth place; (d) evidence of the person’s identity. (2) If a police officer: (a) makes a request under subsection (1); and (b) informs the person: (i) of the officer’s authority to make the request; and (ii) that it may be an offence not to comply with the request; the person commits an offence if: (c) the person fails to comply with the request; or (d) the person gives a name or address that is false in a material particular. Penalty: 20 penalty units. Note: A more serious offence of obstructing a Commonwealth public official may also apply (see section 149.1 of the Criminal Code). (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse. Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).