Utilities Act 2000
243Identity cards
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243 Identity cards (1) If the Territory engages a utility to exercise a function under this part, the identity card for each territory service authorised person for the utility is the identity card for the person under section 115 (Identity cards). (2) If the Territory engages an entity (other than a utility or public servant) to exercise a function under this part, the entity must give each territory service authorised person for the entity an identity card stating the person’s name and that the person is a territory service authorised person. (3) The director-general must give each territory service authorised person appointed under section 242 (2) an identity card stating the person’s name and that the person is a territory service authorised (4) The identity card mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) 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. (5) A person commits an offence if— (a) the person is a person mentioned in subsection (2) or (3); and (b) the person stops being a territory service authorised person; and (c) the person does not return the person’s identity card to the appointer as soon as practicable, but no later than 7 days after the day the person stops being a territory service authorised Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit. (6) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
appointer, for a territory service authorised person—see section 242 (3).