Gas Safety Act 2019
65Gas safety officers' identity cards
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65 Gas safety officers' identity cards
(1) A licensee must give an identity card to each gas safety officer for the licensee.
(2) The identity card –
(a) must contain a photograph of the gas safety officer taken for the purpose; and
(b) must be signed by the gas safety officer; and
(c) must identify the gas safety officer as a gas safety officer for a licensee specified on the card.
(3) A gas safety officer must, before exercising a power in respect of another person, produce the officer’s identity card for inspection by the other person.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 2.5 penalty units.
(4) A person must, within 21 days after ceasing to be a gas safety officer for a licensee, return the identity card to the licensee.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 2.5 penalty units.
(5) In the case of an emergency, a licensee may issue an identity card in the form of a letter signed on behalf of the licensee together with appropriate identification of the gas safety officer.