Mental Health Act 2015
203Identity cards for mental health officers
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203 Identity cards for mental health officers (1) The director-general must give a mental health officer an identity card that states the person is a mental health officer for this Act and shows— (a) the name of the person; and (b) a recent photograph of the person. (a) the person was appointed as a mental health officer; and (b) the person ceases to be a mental health officer; and (c) the person does not return the person’s identity card to the director-general as soon as practicable (but within 7 days) after the day the person ceases to be a mental health officer. Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit. (3) An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.