Photo Card Act 2005 No 20
Current version for 1 November 2011 to date (accessed 18 May 2013 at 20:12)
Part 3Section 16

16   Verification of information on Register

(1)  If there are reasonable grounds for believing that information contained in the Register is inaccurate or misleading, the Authority may by written notice require the holder of a Photo Card to provide evidence to the Authority, in a form specified by the Authority, relating to anything relevant to the issuing of the Photo Card, including:
(a)  the holder’s personal details, and
(b)  the holder’s residential address.
(2)  For the purposes of this section, the Authority may require the holder of a Photo Card:
(a)  to provide specified documents for inspection, and
(b)  to attend at a reasonable time and place specified by the Authority for identification.
(3)  If a person who is required to attend for identification requests a change to the time or place specified in the notice, the Authority must give consideration to that request and may change the time or place in accordance with the request.
(4)  A person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

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