Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1927

The director-general must give an identity card to an authorised officer appointed under section 32 (1).

The identity card must show—

the authorised officer’s name or a unique identification number; and

a statement that the person is an authorised officer; and

a recent photograph of the officer; and

the card’s date of issue and expiry; and

anything else prescribed by regulation.

A person must return their identity card to the director-general within 7 days after the day the person stops being an authorised officer.

Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.

An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

Subsection (3) does not apply to a person if their 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 (5) (see Criminal Code, s 58).