23Identity cards

23 Identity cards (1) This section applies in relation to a person appointed under any of the (a) section 19 (Corrections officers—appointment); (b) section 21 (Doctors—health service appointments); (c) section 22 (Health practitioners—non-therapeutic functions). (2) The director-general must give each person an identity card stating the person’s name and the position to which the person is appointed. (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 the person— (a) stops being a person to whom this section applies; and (b) does not return the person’s identity card to the director-general no later than 7 days after the day the person stops being a corrections officer. Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit. (5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence. Correctional centres Part 3.3