Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING REGULATOR ACT 2011 - SECT 90

  (1)   The National VET Regulator must issue an identity card to an authorised officer.

Form of identity card

  (2)   The identity card must:

  (a)   be in the form approved by the National VET Regulator; and

  (b)   contain a recent photograph of the authorised officer.

Offence

  (3)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person has been issued with an identity card; and

  (b)   the person ceases to be an authorised officer; and

  (c)   the person does not, as soon as practicable after so ceasing, return the identity card to the National VET Regulator.

Penalty:   1 penalty unit.

  (4)   An offence against subsection   (3) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability, see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

Defence: card lost or destroyed

  (5)   Subsection   (3) does not apply if the identity card was lost or destroyed.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection, see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .

Authorised officer must carry card

  (6)   An authorised officer must carry his or her identity card at all times when exercising powers as an authorised officer.