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Local Government Act 2009
sec.138AIdentity card for use under this division
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### sec.138A Identity card for use under this division
A local government is not required to give a local government worker an identity card unless the worker is exercising a power of entry under this division.
This section does not stop a single identity card being issued to a person for this Act and for another purpose.
A person who stops being a local government worker must return the person’s identity card to the local government within 21 days after stopping being a local government worker, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty for subsection (3) —10 penalty units.
s 138A ins 2010 No. 23 s 303
amd 2012 No. 33 s 115
(sec.138A-ssec.1) A local government is not required to give a local government worker an identity card unless the worker is exercising a power of entry under this division.
(sec.138A-ssec.2) This section does not stop a single identity card being issued to a person for this Act and for another purpose.
(sec.138A-ssec.3) A person who stops being a local government worker must return the person’s identity card to the local government within 21 days after stopping being a local government worker, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty for subsection (3) —10 penalty units.