82Identity cards

82 Identity cards (1) This section applies in relation to a technical inspector appointed under section 81. (2) The technical regulator must give a technical inspector an identity card stating the person’s name and that the person is a technical inspector. (3) The identity card must show— (a) a recent photograph of the technical inspector; and (b) the card’s date of issue and expiry; and (c) anything else prescribed by regulation. (4) A person commits an offence if the person— (a) stops being a technical inspector; and (b) does not return the person’s identity card to the technical regulator as soon as practicable (but not later than 7 days) after the day the person stops being a technical inspector. (5) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence. (6) Subsection (4) does not apply to a person if the person’s identity card has been— (a) lost or stolen; or (b) destroyed by someone else. Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (6) (see Criminal Code, s 58).