Photo Card Act 2005
13BUse of digital Photo Card
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13B Use of digital Photo Card
13B Use of digital Photo Card
(1) The holder of a digital Photo Card may use the digital Photo Card for a relevant purpose by displaying the digital Photo Card on a mobile phone or other electronic device.
(2) Despite any other provision of this section, a person who displays or purports to display a digital Photo Card is not required to give or hand over, to the person who is requiring the Photo Card to be produced or handed over, the mobile phone or other electronic device on which the digital Photo Card is displayed or purported to be displayed.
(3) If the holder of a digital Photo Card uses the digital Photo Card for a relevant purpose, the digital Photo Card is to be treated as if it were a Photo Card for that purpose.
(4) A digital Photo Card is not displayed for the purposes of this section if—
(a) the screen of the mobile phone or other electronic device on which it is purportedly displayed is unable to be read by the person to whom it is displayed due to cracking, dimming, dirt or any other fault, damage or obstruction, or
(b) the holder of the digital Photo Card fails or refuses to comply with a reasonable request by the person to whom it is purported to be displayed to facilitate the reading, copying or scanning of the whole or any part of the digital Photo Card, or
(c) the holder of the digital Photo Card refuses to comply with a reasonable direction to refresh the display of the Photo Card.
ss 13A–13C: Ins 2018 No 21, Sch 2[2].