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Environment Protection Act 1997
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16 Identity cards
(1) The director-general must issue to the authority an identity card that
specifies the authority’s name and office, and on which appears a
recent photograph of the authority.
(2) The authority must issue to an authorised officer an identity card that
specifies the authorised officer’s name and office, and on which
appears a recent photograph of the authorised officer.
(3) The authority must issue to an analyst an identity card that specifies
the analyst’s name and office, and on which appears a recent
photograph of the analyst.
(4) On ceasing to occupy, or to act in—
(a) the office of the authority; or
(b) to occupy, or to act in, an office of authorised officer or analyst;
a person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to return the
person’s identity card to the director-general or the authority, as the
case may be.
Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): 1 penalty unit.