74Identity cards for quality assessors

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.