Identity cards
49 Identity cards
The registrar must give each authorised person an identity card that states the person’s name and appointment as an authorised person, 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 an authorised person; and
does not return the person’s identity card to the registrar as soon as practicable (but within 7 days) after the day the person stops being an authorised person.
Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.
Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person’s identity card is—
lost or stolen; or
destroyed by someone else.
Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code, s 58).
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
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