Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · Enforcement
86. Authorised officers may demand names and addresses in certain cases
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Any person who is charged by any police officer or authorised officer with any offence under this Act must on demand give his or her name and address and other proof of identity to the police officer or authorised officer, if so required.
The occupier of any premises must, if required by any police officer or authorised officer, give his or her name and other proof of identity and the name and address of the owner of the premises, if known.
occupier
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises or having the charge, management or control thereof either on that person’s own account or as agent of another person; and, in relation to any part of any premises, different parts of which are occupied by different persons, means the person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of that part;
Any person who contravenes this section or wilfully misstates his or her name and address or the name and address of the owner of any premises shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
premises
“premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for any other purpose whatsoever;