[ Note: This provision was uncommenced at republication date. ]
(1) The registrar must give each authorised person an identity card that states the person's name and appointment as an authorised person, and shows—
(a) a recent photograph of the person; and
(b) the date of issue of the card; and
(c) the date of expiry of the card; and
(d) anything else prescribed by regulation.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) stops being an authorised person; and
(b) does not return the person's identity card to the registrar as soon as practicable (but within 7 days) after the day the person stops being an authorised person.
Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person's identity card is—
(a) lost or stolen; or
(b) destroyed by someone else.
Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code
, s 58).
(4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.