Appointment of security officers
(1) The Director may, in writing, appoint any of the following persons to be a security officer if the Director is reasonably satisfied that the person has received appropriate training:
(a) a staff member;
(b) an officer or employee mentioned in section 41 of the Act;
(c) a person engaged as a consultant under section 42 of the Act;
(d) a person employed under contract with the Museum;
(e) a person employed or engaged by a person mentioned in paragraph (d).
Identity cards
(2) The Director must issue an identity card to a security officer appointed under subsection (1).
(3) The identity card must:
(a) be in the form (if any) approved by the Director; and
(b) contain a recent photograph of the person to whom it is issued.
(4) A security officer must carry the identity card at all times when performing functions or exercising powers as a security officer.
(5) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:
(a) the person ceases to be a security officer; and
(b) the person does not, within 14 days of so ceasing, return the person's identity card to the Director.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
(6) Subsection (5) does not apply if the identity card was lost or destroyed.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (6): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .