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Australian Protective Service Act 1987
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##### 19 Uniforms and identification numbers
(1) A protective service officer shall, at all times when on duty, wear a uniform of the kind that the protective service officer is, under the General Orders, required to wear when on duty.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a protective service officer during periods when the protective service officer is required or permitted by the Director not to wear uniform.
(3) A protective service officer shall, at all times when in uniform, wear his or her identification number on, or attached to, the front of the uniform.
Penalty: $500.
(3A) Subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) if the defendant proves that the contravention of the subsection resulted from:
(a) an act of another person (not being a protective service officer) done without the consent of the defendant; or
(b) an unintentional omission of the defendant.
(5) The Director shall take such steps as are necessary to enable protective service officers to comply with subsections (1) and (3).
(6) Where a person in possession of a protective service officer’s uniform ceases to be a protective service officer, the person shall forthwith return the uniform to the APS employee in the Protective Service who is designated, in writing, by the Director.
Penalty: $100.
(7) Subsection (6) is an offence of strict liability.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.