MCU14/0028 Appendix 2 EnvProtAct 1994

                                                     Environmental Protection Act 1994
                                                Chapter 9 Investigation and enforcement
                                 Part 3 Other enforcement powers of authorised persons

                                                                                [s 464]


Part 3                      Other enforcement powers of
                            authorised persons

464      Power to require name and address
        (1)   An authorised person may require a person to state the
              person’s name and address if the authorised person—
              (a)    finds the person committing an offence against this Act;
                     or
              (b)    finds the person in circumstances that lead, or has
                     information that leads, the authorised person to suspect
                     on reasonable grounds that the person has committed an
                     offence against this Act.
        (2)   When making the requirement, the authorised person must
              warn the person that it is an offence against this Act to fail to
              state the person’s name and address, unless the person has a
              reasonable excuse.
        (3)   The authorised person may require the person to give
              evidence of the correctness of the person’s name or address if
              the authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds that the
              name or address given is false.

465      Power to require answers to questions
        (1)   This section applies if an authorised person suspects, on
              reasonable grounds, that—
              (a)    an offence against this Act has happened; and
              (b)    a person may be able to give information about the
                     offence.
        (2)   The authorised person may—
              (a)    require the person to answer a question about the
                     suspected offence; or



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