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Environment Protection Act 2019
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160 Identity card
(1) The CEO must give an environmental officer appointed or
authorised under section 159(1) an identity card stating the
person's name and that the person is an environmental officer.
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(2) The identity card must:
(a) show a recent photograph of the environmental officer; and
(b) show the card's date of issue; and
(c) be signed by the environmental officer.
(3) This section does not prevent the issue of a single identity card to a
person for this and another Act.
(4) An environmental officer to whom an identity card is issued who is
exercising a power or performing a function under this Act must
produce that card for inspection if requested to do so by any person
affected by the exercise of the power or the performance of the
function.