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Marine Safety Act 1998
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#### 92 Identity cards
92 Identity cards
> > (1) The Minister is required to give an identity card to each harbour master the Minister appoints.
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> > (2) The person who appoints another person to exercise the functions of a harbour master is required to give an identity card to that other person.
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> > (3) An identity card is to be in a form approved by the Minister.
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> > (4) A harbour master (including a person exercising the functions of a harbour master) is required to produce his or her identity card if requested to do so by an affected person in the course of exercising functions under the marine legislation. This subsection does not apply to a direction given by radio or other communication device.
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> > (5) A person who has been issued with an identity card must return it to the Minister, or the person who provided it, on demand.
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> > Maximum penalty (subsection (5)): 10 penalty units.