Building Act 2004
83QIdentity cards
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83Q Identity cards (1) The director-general must issue an authorised person with an identity card that states the person is an authorised person for this part, and shows— (a) a recent photograph of the person; and (b) the name of the person; and (c) the date of issue of the card; and (d) the date of expiry for the card; and (e) anything else prescribed by regulation. (a) the person stops being an authorised person; and (b) the person does not return the person’s identity card to the director-general within 7 days after the person stops being an authorised person. Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person’s identity card is— (a) lost or stolen; or (b) destroyed by someone else. Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code, s 58). (4) An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.