Community Gaming Act 2018
19Identity cards for authorised officers
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19 Identity cards for authorised officers
19 Identity cards for authorised officers
(1) The Secretary must issue an authorised officer with an identity card.
(2) The identity card must—
(a) be in the form approved by the Secretary, and
(b) contain a recent photograph of the person.
(3) An authorised officer must not exercise a function conferred by or under this Act unless an identity card has been issued to the authorised officer by the Secretary.
(4) A person who has ceased to be an authorised officer must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to return to the Secretary, within the period specified by the Secretary in a request for the return of the card, any identity card issued to the person by the Secretary.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(5) This section does not apply to an authorised officer who is the Secretary, a police officer or an investigator appointed under section 18 of the Fair Trading Act 1987.