New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FORESTRY ACT 2012 - SECT 72

72 Identification card

(1) Every authorised officer (other than a police officer) is to be issued with an identification card as an authorised officer by the Minister.

(2) The identification card must--

(a) state that it is issued under this Act, and

(b) give the name of the person to whom it is issued and bear a photograph of that person, and

(c) state any limitations on the authorised officer's functions (including the particular forestry area in respect of which the functions may be exercised), and

(d) state the date (if any) on which it expires, and

(e) bear the signature of the Minister.

(3) A power conferred on an authorised officer by this Part to enter premises, or to search or take other action on premises, may not be exercised unless the authorised officer proposing to exercise the power is in possession of the identification card issued to the authorised officer and produces the identification card if required to do so by the occupier of the premises.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a police officer or to a power conferred by a search warrant.