Identity cards to be shown
157 Identity cards to be shown
This section applies to an authorised officer who is exercising, or about to exercise, a function under this Act.
An authorised officer must—
carry his or her identity card at all times when exercising a power under this Act to enter premises or a vehicle or a power that is exercisable after entering premises or a vehicle, and
produce his or her identity card if requested to do so by a person in relation to whom the officer is exercising, or about to exercise, the power.
A person who has ceased to be an authorised officer must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to return to TfNSW, within the period specified by TfNSW in a request for the return of the card, any identity card issued to the person by TfNSW.
Subsection (2) does not apply to a power conferred by a search warrant or to a power exercised by an authorised officer who is a police officer.
Maximum penalty—15 penalty units.
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