Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 342

342 Production or display of identity card by emergency officer

(1) An emergency officer may exercise a power in relation to another person only if—

(a) if the emergency officer has been issued with an identity card with a photograph, the emergency officer—

(i) first produces the emergency officer’s identity card for the other person’s inspection; or

(ii) has the identity card displayed so it is clearly visible to the other person; or

(b) if the emergency officer has been issued with an identity card without a photograph, the emergency officer—

(i) first produces the emergency officer’s identity card for the other person’s inspection together with a form of photo identification that identifies the officer; or

(ii) has the identity card displayed so it is clearly visible to the other person and produces a form of photo identification that identifies the officer; or

(c) if the emergency officer has not been issued with an identity card, the emergency officer first produces—

(i) a form of photo identification that identifies the officer; and

(ii) a copy of the officer’s appointment as an emergency officer.

(2) However, if for any reason it is not practicable to comply with subsection (1) before exercising the power, the emergency officer must produce for the other person’s inspection at the first reasonable opportunity—

(a) if the emergency officer has been issued with an identity card with a photograph—the emergency officer’s identity card; or

(b) if the emergency officer has been issued with an identity card without a photograph—the emergency officer’s identity card together with a form of photo identification that identifies the officer; or

(c) if the emergency officer has not been issued with an identity card—a form of photo identification that identifies the officer and a copy of the officer’s appointment as an emergency officer.

(3) Subsection (2) applies only if the production is practicable in all the circumstances.