OPCAT Implementation Act 2021
14Identification
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14 Identification
(1) A Tasmanian national preventive mechanism is to issue to himself or herself, and each member of staff of the Tasmanian national preventive mechanism, an identity card.
(2) An identity card must contain at least the name and a recent photograph of the person to whom it is issued.
(3) A Tasmanian national preventive mechanism, and a member of staff of a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism, when exercising his or her functions under this Act, is to allow a detainee or member of staff of a place of detention to inspect his or her identity card.
(4) When a person ceases for any reason to be a member of staff of a Tasmanian national preventive mechanism, the Tasmanian national preventive mechanism is to take reasonable measures to retrieve the person's identity card or ensure that it has been properly disposed of.