Food Act Amendment Act 1989 (Qld)

968 FOOD ACT AMENDMENT ACT ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS 1. Short Title 2. Citation 3. New s. 28k. Duty of police officers 4 ueenslaub ANNO TRICESIMO OCTAVO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 72 of 1989 An Act to amend the Food Act 1981-1984 in a certain particular [ASSENTED TO 24TH AUGUST, 19891

Food Act Amendment Act 1989, No. 72 969 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short Title . This Act may be cited as the Food Act Amendment Act 1989. 2. Citation . (1) In this Act the Food Act 1981-1984 is referred to as the Principal Act. (2) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Food Act 1981-1989. 3. New s. 28A. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 28 the following section:- "28A. Duty of police officers . (1) It shall be the duty of every member of the Police Force who finds any person committing an offence against this Act to demand from that person his name and the address of his usual place of residence and to report the fact of such offence and the name and address of the usual place of residence of the person as soon as conveniently may be to the Director General. (2) A person who refuses to state his name and the address of his usual place of residence when required by a member of the Police Force so to do, or who in the opinion, based on reasonable grounds, of the officer states a false name or address of his usual place of residence may, without any other warrant than this Act, be arrested by the officer and taken before justices, there to be dealt with according to law. (3) A person who refuses to state his name and the address of his usual place of residence or states a false name or address of his usual place of residence commits an offence against this Act. Penalty: 125 penalty units.".