Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:213a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 213A
Character Range: 1380809–1383109

213A  Providing an authorised officer with information about people working in restricted areas
 (1) A person who employs or engages a restricted area employee must, within 7 days after doing so, provide to an authorised officer the required identity information in respect of the employee.
 (2) If a person (the employer):
 (a) employs or engages another person after the commencement of this section; and
 (b) at a later time the other person becomes a restricted area employee of the employer;
the employer must, within 7 days after that later time, provide to an authorised officer the required identity information in respect of the employee.
 (3) If:
 (a) a person (the employer) employed or engaged another person before the commencement of this section; and
 (b) the other person is a restricted area employee of the employer; and
 (c) an authorised officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the other person has committed, or is likely to commit, an offence against a law of the Commonwealth;
the authorised officer may, in writing, request the employer to provide to the authorised officer, within 7 days after receiving the request, the required identity information in respect of the employee. The employer must comply with the request.
 (4) A person does not comply with an obligation under subsection (1), (2) or (3) to provide information unless the person provides the information:
 (a) in writing; or
 (b) in such other form as the Comptroller‑General of Customs determines in writing.
 (5) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with subsection (1), (2) or (3).
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
 (6) Subsection (5) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (7) In this section:
required identity information, in relation to a person, means any one or more of the following:
 (a) the name and address of the person;
 (b) the person's date and place of birth;
 (c) any other information prescribed by the regulations.
restricted area employee means a person whose duties include working in an area covered by a notice under subsection 234AA(3), but does not include a person who is issued with a security identification card.
security identification card means a card of a kind specified in the regulations.