24Identity cards

24 Identity cards (1) The appointing competent authority must give an authorised person (other than a police officer) an identity card stating the authorised person’s name and that the person is an authorised person. (2) The identity card must show— (a) a recent photograph of the authorised person; and (b) the card’s date of issue and expiry; and (c) anything else prescribed by regulation. (3) A person commits an offence if— (a) the person stops being an authorised person; and

Authorised people Part 2.2 (b) the person does not return the person’s identity card to the appointing competent authority as soon as practicable (but not later than 7 days) after the day the person stops being an Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person if the person’s identity card has been— (a) lost or stolen; or (b) destroyed by someone other than the person. (5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.