20Identity cards

##### 20 Identity cards (1) The Director may cause an identity card, in a form approved in writing by the Director, to be issued to a protective service officer. (2) A protective service officer who is not in uniform shall not, in the course of his or her duties as a protective service officer, arrest a person or exercise any other power in relation to a person unless the protective service officer produces his or her identity card for the person’s inspection and, if the protective service officer fails to do so, the person is not obliged to comply with any request made by, or any requirement of, the protective service officer. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person, by his or her own actions, makes it impracticable for the protective service officer to produce his or her identity card for the person’s inspection. (4) Where a person in possession of an identity card issued under subsection (1) ceases to be a protective service officer, the person shall forthwith return the identity card to the APS employee in the Protective Service who is designated, in writing, by the Director. Penalty: $100. (4A) Subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability. > Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code. (5) The Director may, in writing, direct that identity cards issued before the commencement of this Act to persons who are, after that commencement, protective service officers shall be taken, after that commencement, to have been issued under subsection (1).