78Identity card

78 Identity card (1) In exercising a power or performing a function under this Act, an authorised officer (other than a police officer who is in uniform) must carry an identity card that: (a) states: (i) the officer's name and that the person is an authorised officer; and (ii) the card's date of expiry; and (b) shows a recent photograph of the officer. (2) The CHO is responsible for: (a) ensuring the CHO has an identity card; and (b) issuing an identity card to each authorised officer appointed by the CHO. (3) An enforcement agency is responsible for: (a) if the agency is an individual – ensuring the individual has an identity card; and (b) if the agency is a body corporate – issuing an identity card to each authorised officer appointed by it. Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 45 (4) A person who ceases to be an authorised officer must return the identity card to the issuing authority within 2 weeks after the cessation. (5) An offence against subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability. (6) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (4) if the defendant establishes a reasonable excuse. (7) If an authorised officer (other than a police officer who is in uniform) purports to exercise a power under this Act without producing the officer's identity card when requested to do so, until the card is produced: (a) the officer is not authorised to exercise the power; and (b) a person is not required to comply with a requirement made by the officer. (8) In this section: issuing authority, for an identity card, means the person who issued the card.