21Identity cards

#### 21 Identity cards 21 Identity cards > > (1) The regulator must give each government official an identity card that states the person’s name and the office to which the person has been appointed and includes any other matter prescribed by the regulations. > > > > Note— > > > > Section 157 of the WHS Act requires a government official to produce his or her identity card on request when exercising compliance powers. > > > (2) If a person to whom an identity card has been issued ceases to be a government official, the person must return the identity card to the regulator as soon as practicable. > > > (3) A copy of the instrument of appointment of a person as a government official under section 18 (4) is taken to be the government official’s identity card for the purposes of the WHS laws. > > **s 21:** Am 2015 No 43, Sch 1 \[38\].