Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) In exercising a power or performing a function under this Act, an authorised officer (other than a police officer who is in uniform) must carry an identity card that:
(a) states:
(i) the officer's name and that the person is an authorised officer; and
(ii) the card's date of expiry; and
(b) shows a recent photograph of the officer.
(2) The CHO is responsible for:
(a) ensuring the CHO has an identity card; and
(b) issuing an identity card to each authorised officer appointed by the CHO.
(3) An enforcement agency is responsible for:
(a) if the agency is an individual – ensuring the individual has an identity card; and
(b) if the agency is a body corporate – issuing an identity card to each authorised officer appointed by it.
(4) A person who ceases to be an authorised officer must return the identity card to the issuing authority within 2 weeks after the cessation.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(5) An offence against subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.
(6) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (4) if the defendant establishes a reasonable excuse.
(7) If an authorised officer (other than a police officer who is in uniform) purports to exercise a power under this Act without producing the officer's identity card when requested to do so, until the card is produced:
(a) the officer is not authorised to exercise the power; and
(b) a person is not required to comply with a requirement made by the officer.
(8) In this section:
"issuing authority", for an identity card, means the person who issued the card.