Re: Yarra Trams Article in Sunday Age

["Arthur Marsh" <mars0177@flinders.edu.au>]

Let me get this right, if I *refuse* to give a *false* name and address to
the authorised person I have committed an offence?

"Michael" <usenet.spam@gunzel.net> wrote in message
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> mars0177@flinders.edu.au (Arthur Marsh) wrote in
> <3a7958d5_4@news.chariot.net.au>:
>
> >> It is an offence to :
> >> Refuse to give false name and address
> >
> >I don't believe that one, but it sounds just like the nonsense that some
> >rulemakers publish.
>
> Actually, he's correct. Under the Transport Act (1983??) you must supply
> name & address to an authorised person. IIRC, the authorised person may
> also detain you as deemed necessary.
>
> Someone else can be bothered looking up the gory details..
>
> Michael
>
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