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REGULATORY POWERS (STANDARD PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 - SECT 35

Identity cards

  (1)   The relevant chief executive must issue an identity card to an authorised person.

Form of identity card

  (2)   The identity card must:

  (a)   satisfy the requirements prescribed by the regulations; and

  (b)   contain a photograph that is no more than 5 years old of the authorised person.

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 person; and

  (c)   the person does not return the identity card to the relevant chief executive within 14 days after ceasing to be an authorised person.

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 .

Exception--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 person must carry card

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



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