157Identity cards to be shown

157 Identity cards to be shown

157 Identity cards to be shown

(1) This section applies to an authorised officer who is exercising, or about to exercise, a function under this Act.

(2) An authorised officer must—

(a) carry his or her identity card at all times when exercising a power under this Act to enter premises or a vehicle or a power that is exercisable after entering premises or a vehicle, and

(b) produce his or her identity card if requested to do so by a person in relation to whom the officer is exercising, or about to exercise, the power.

(3) A person who has ceased to be an authorised officer must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to return to TfNSW, within the period specified by TfNSW in a request for the return of the card, any identity card issued to the person by TfNSW.

(4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a power conferred by a search warrant or to a power exercised by an authorised officer who is a police officer.

Maximum penalty—15 penalty units.

s 157: Am 2020 No 30, Sch 4.60[12].