New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 364

364 Identification

(1) Every authorised officer, other than a police officer, is to be provided with evidence of his or her authority as an authorised officer.

(2) In the course of exercising the functions of an authorised officer under this Act, the officer must, if requested to do so by any person affected by the exercise of any such function, produce to the person the officer's evidence of authority, unless the person is a police officer.

(3) The Secretary may direct any person who ceases to be an authorised officer to return to the Secretary the evidence of his or her authority as an authorised officer.

(4) A person who fails to comply with a direction under subsection (3) is guilty of an offence.

(5) An offence against subsection (4) is a category 2 offence.