Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if the director-general delegates a power under this Act or another territory law to someone else (an authorised person ).
Note The director-general may delegate a power under the Public Sector Management Act 1994
, s 20.
(2) However, this section does not apply to a delegation under section 883A (Director-general delegations—approved care and protection organisations) or a subdelegation under section 883B (Subdelegations—approved care and protection organisations).
(3) The director-general must give an authorised person an identity card stating the person's name and that the person is an authorised person.
(4) The identity card must show—
(a) a recent photograph of the person; and
(b) the card's date of issue and expiry; and
(c) anything else prescribed by regulation.
(5) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) stops being an authorised person; and
(b) does not return the person's identity card to the director-general as soon as practicable, but not later than 7 days after the day the person stops being an authorised person.
Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.
(6) An offence against this section is a
strict liability offence.