Identity cards
51 Identity cards
The director-general must give each fisheries officer an identity card that states the person’s name and appointment as a fisheries officer, and shows—
a recent photograph of the person; and
the date of issue of the card; and
the date of expiry of the card; and
anything else prescribed by regulation.
A person commits an offence if the person—
stops being a fisheries officer; and
does not return the person’s identity card to the director‑general as soon as practicable (but within 7 days) after the day the person stops being a fisheries officer.
Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.
Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person’s identity card is—
lost or stolen; or
destroyed by someone else.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
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