Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00095:section:20zia
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00095
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 20ZIA
Character Range: 249298–250431

20ZIA  Identity cards
 (1) The Private Health Insurance Ombudsman must issue an identity card to a person who exercises the powers mentioned in paragraph 20SA(b) or 20TA(b).
 (2) The identity card must:
 (a) be in the form approved by the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman; and
 (b) contain a photograph that is no more than 5 years old of the person to whom it is issued.
 (3) A person must carry an identity card at all times when exercising powers under section 20SA or 20TA.
 (4) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:
 (a) the person ceases to be:
 (i) a member of staff mentioned in section 31; or
 (ii) a person to whom the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman has delegated powers under section 34 in relation to section 20SA or 20TA; and
 (b) the person does not, within 14 days of so ceasing, return the person's identity card to the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman.
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 subsection (5) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).