Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 130

130 Identity cards

(1) The Minister must issue an identity card to—

(a) each conservation officer; and

(b) each honorary protector.

(2) The identity card must—

(a) contain a recent photograph of the conservation officer or honorary protector; and

(b) be in a form approved, in writing, by the Minister; and

(c) in the case of a conservation officer who is a special conservation officer—state that the officer is a special conservation officer; and

(d) be signed by the conservation officer or honorary protector.

(3) This section does not prevent the issue of a single identity card to a person for this Act and other purposes.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3) , if the person holds an office under another Act administered by the department, the identity card may identify the other office.

(5) Despite subsection (1) , the Minister is not required to issue an identity card to—

(a) a conservation officer who is a police officer; or

(b) a person who holds an identity card, issued under another Act by a Minister or chief executive of a department, that identifies the person as a conservation officer.

(6) A person who ceases to be a conservation officer or honorary protector must, as soon as practicable, return an identity card issued under subsection (1) to the Minister.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (3) —50 penalty units.