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Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018
74Identity cards for quality assessors
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#### 74 Identity cards for quality assessors
(1) The Commissioner must cause an identity card to be issued to a person who is a quality assessor.
Form of identity card
(2) The identity card must:
(a) be in the form prescribed by the rules; and
(b) include a photograph of the person that is no more than 5 years old.
Offence
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person has been issued with an identity card; and
(b) the person ceases to be a quality assessor; and
(c) the person does not return the identity card to the Commissioner within 14 days after ceasing to be a quality assessor.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
(5) An offence against subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.
(6) Subsection (4) does not apply if the identity card was lost or destroyed.
> Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection: see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
Requirement to carry identity card
(8) A quality assessor must carry the assessor’s identity card at all times when performing functions, or exercising powers, as a quality assessor.