72Identity cards

72 Identity cards (1) The registrar must give an inspector an identity card stating the officer’s name and that the officer is an inspector. (2) The identity card must show— (a) a recent photograph of the inspector; and (b) the card’s date of issue and expiry; and (3) A person commits an offence if— (a) the person stops being an inspector; and (b) the person does not return the person’s identity card to the registrar as soon as practicable (but not later than 7 days) after the day the person stops being an inspector. Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person if the person’s identity card has been— (a) lost or stolen; or (b) destroyed by someone other than the person. Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (4) (see Criminal Code, s 58). (5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.