Identity cards
78 Identity cards
This section applies to a person holding any of the following positions:
inspector (other than a police officer);
authorised officer;
the authority;
delegate of the authority with any delegated powers of an inspector.
The director‑general must give the person an identity card stating the person’s name and position.
The identity card must show—
a recent photograph of the person; and
the card’s date of issue and expiry; and
anything else prescribed by regulation.
A person commits an offence if—
the person stops being a person to whom this section applies; and
the person does not return the person’s identity card to the director‑general as soon as practicable, but no later than 7 days after the day the person stops being a person to whom this section applies.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
Division 7.3 Powers of inspectors
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Animal Welfare Regulation 2001 · under s 112
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement
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