51Identity cards

51 Identity cards (1) The director-general must give each fisheries officer an identity card that states the person’s name and appointment as a fisheries officer, and shows— (a) a recent photograph of the person; and (b) the date of issue of the card; and (c) the date of expiry of the card; and (d) anything else prescribed by regulation.

Fisheries officers Division 7.1A (a) stops being a fisheries officer; and (b) does not return the person’s identity card to the director-general as soon as practicable (but within 7 days) after the day the person stops being a fisheries officer. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person’s identity card is— (a) lost or stolen; or (b) destroyed by someone else. (4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.