Police officers in New South Wales are required to identify themselves when exercising a power to:
1. Stop, search or arrest a person,
2. Stop and search a vehicle, vessel or aircraft,
3. Enter or search a premises,
4. Seize property,
5. Require the disclosure of identity,
6. Give or make a direction, requirement or request that a person must comply with a law, or
7. Establish a crime scene.
The identification must include:
A. Evidence of being a police officer, unless in uniform,
B. Name and place of duty, and
C. The reason for the exercise of power.