Section 261AB — Authorised officers must require and carry out identification tests

261AB Authorised officers must require and carry out identification tests

(1) The authorised officer must, other than in the circumstances prescribed for the purposes of subsection 261AA(1):

(a) require, in writing or orally, the non-citizen to provide one or more personal identifiers, of the type or types prescribed, by way of one or more identification tests carried out by the authorised officer; and

(b) carry out the one or more identification tests on the non-citizen.

(2) However:

(a) if the types of identification tests that the authorised officer may carry out is specified under section 5D—each identification test must be of a type so specified; and

(b) each identification test must be carried out in accordance with Subdivision B; and

(c) unless the authorised officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the non-citizen is not a minor or an incapable person—each identification test must be carried out in accordance with the additional requirements of Division 13AB.