92Identity cards

92 Identity cards

(1) The National Regulator must issue an identity card to a marine safety inspector appointed under section 91.

(2) The identity card must:

(a) be in the form approved by the National Regulator; and

(b) contain a recent photograph of the marine safety inspector; and

(c) state the powers that the inspector may exercise.

(a) the person has been issued with an identity card; and

(b) the person ceases to be a marine safety inspector; and

(c) the person does not, as soon as practicable after so ceasing, return the identity card to the National Regulator.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(4) An offence against subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.

(5) Subsection (3) does not apply if the identity card was lost or destroyed.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (5) (see section 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

(6) A marine safety inspector appointed under section 91 must carry his or her identity card at all times when exercising powers and performing functions and duties as an inspector.