78Identity cards

78 Identity cards (1) This section applies to a person holding any of the following positions: (a) inspector (other than a police officer); (b) authorised officer; (c) the authority; (d) delegate of the authority with any delegated powers of an inspector. (2) The director-general must give the person an identity card stating the person’s name and position. (3) The identity card must show— (a) a recent photograph of the person; and (b) the card’s date of issue and expiry; and (c) anything else prescribed by regulation.

(4) A person commits an offence if— (a) the person stops being a person to whom this section applies; and (b) the person does not return the person’s identity card to the director-general as soon as practicable, but no later than 7 days after the day the person stops being a person to whom this section applies. (5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.