Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01041:clause:1b_203
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01041
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1B cl 203
Character Range: 282661–284194

203  Designated Registry officials must have identity cards

Issue of identity card

 (1) The Industrial Registrar must issue an identity card to each designated Registry official.

 (2) The identity card must:
 (a) be in the prescribed form; and
 (b) include a recent photograph of the official.

Use of identity card

 (3) A designated Registry official must carry the identity card at all times when taking action under section 202.

 (4) Before the official takes action under paragraph 202(2)(b) (entering premises), the official must:
 (a) inform the occupier of the premises that the official is authorised to enter the premises; and
 (b) show the identity card to the occupier.

 (5) The official is not entitled to enter premises under paragraph 202(2)(b) if he or she has not complied with subsection (4).

Offence: failing to return identity card

 (6) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person holds or held an identity card; and
 (b) the person ceases to be a Registry official; and
 (c) the person does not, as soon as is practicable after so ceasing, return the identity card to the Industrial Registrar.

Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.

 (7) An offence against subsection (6) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

 (8) Subsection (6) does not apply if the identity card was lost or destroyed.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter mentioned in subsection (8), see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.