Identity cards
10 Identity cards
The director‑general must give an authorised 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
if the person is only authorised to exercise functions under particular provisions of this Act—the provisions; and
anything else prescribed by regulation.
A person commits an offence if—
the person stops being an authorised person; and
the person does not return the person’s identity card to the director‑general as soon as practicable, but not later than 7 days after the day the person stops being an authorised person.
Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
In this section:
authorised person means a person holding any of the following positions:
the controller;
a delegate of the controller with any delegated powers of an inspector;
an inspector mentioned in section 9 (3) (a).
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