Section 175 of the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) is ‘Requirement for Driver or Rider to Produce Australian Driver Licence and State Name and Address’ and is extracted below.
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The Legislation
Section 175 of the Road Transport Act 2013 is Requirement for Driver or Rider to Produce Australian Driver Licence and State Name and Address and reads as follows:
Requirement for driver or rider to produce Australian driver licence and state name and address
(cf Gen Act, s 171)
(1) An authorised officer may, in the execution of the officer’s functions under the road transport legislation, require the driver or rider of a vehicle or horse to do any or all of the following:
(a) produce the driver’s relevant Australian driver licence (in the case of the driver of a motor vehicle),
(b) state the driver’s or rider’s name,
(c) state the driver’s or rider’s home address.
(2) A person must not:
(a) refuse to comply with a requirement of an authorised officer under subsection (1), or
(b) state a false name or home address.
The penalties
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) In subsection (1), a reference to a driver of a vehicle (in the case of a motor vehicle) includes, where the driver is the holder of a learner licence and the motor vehicle is not a motor cycle, a reference to a holder of a relevant Australian driver licence occupying the seat in or on the motor vehicle next to the driver.
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