125OIdentity cards

125O Identity cards (1) The registrar must give an authorised person (non-government) an identity card stating the person’s name and that the person is an authorised person (non-government). (2) 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. (3) A person commits an offence if the person— (a) stops being an authorised person (non-government); and (b) does not return their identity card to the registrar as soon as practicable, but within 21 days, after the day the person stops being an authorised person (non-government). Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit. (4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence. (5) Subsection (3) does not apply 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 (5) (see Criminal Code, s 58).