Urban Forest Act 2023
112Identity cards
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112 Identity cards (1) The director-general must give each authorised person an identity card stating the person’s name and that the person is an authorised person. (2) The identity card must show— (a) a recent photograph of the person; and (b) the card’s date of issue and expiry; and (c) anything else prescribed by regulation. (3) A person commits an offence if the person— (a) stops being an authorised person; and (b) 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 stops being an authorised person. Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person if the person’s identity card is— (a) lost or stolen; or (b) destroyed by someone else. mentioned in s (4) (see Criminal Code, s 58). (5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.