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Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012
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#### 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.
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(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.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(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.