Identity cards
8N Identity cards
The Chief Executive Medicare may cause to be issued to each authorised officer an identity card.
An identity card must:
be in a form approved in writing by the Chief Executive Medicare; and
incorporate a recent photograph of the authorised officer.
A person who ceases to be an authorised officer must, as soon as practicable after so ceasing, return his or her identity card to the Chief Executive Medicare.
A person must not fail to return his or her identity card as required by subsection (3).
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
Under subsection 4D(1) of the Crimes Act 1914, this penalty is only a maximum penalty for the offence.
Subsection (4) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
An offence under subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.
For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
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