Identity cards

In force

(1)

The regulator must give each authorised person an identity card stating their name and appointment as an authorised person and showing—

(a)

a recent photograph of the person; and

(b)

the date of issue of the card; and

(c)

the date of expiry of the card; and

(d)

anything else prescribed by regulation.

(2)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

the person stops being an authorised person; and

(b)

the person fails to return their identity card to the regulator within 7 days of the day the person stops being an authorised person.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3)

Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person’s identity card is—

(a)

lost or stolen; or

(b)

destroyed by another person.

Note

The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code, s 58).

(4)

An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

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