Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00604:section:101
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00604
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 101
Character Range: 120141–121104

101  Identity cards
 (1) The Minister must issue an Investigator a card identifying the holder as an Investigator.
 (2) An identity card must include a recent photograph of the holder.
 (3) An Investigator or is not entitled to exercise any powers under this Part if:
 (a) the occupier of the relevant premises has required the Investigator to show his or her identity card; and
 (b) the Investigator fails to comply with the requirement.

Offence
 (4) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person has been issued with an identity card under this section; and
 (b) the person ceases to be an Investigator; and
 (c) the person does not, as soon as practicable after so ceasing, return the identity card to the Minister.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
 (5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the identity card was lost or destroyed.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection: see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.