Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00358:section:69
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00358
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 69
Character Range: 27985–29357

69  Identity cards for Federal Safety Officers
 (1) The Federal Safety Commissioner must issue an identity card to a Federal Safety Officer appointed under subsection 68(1).
 (2) The Minister must issue an identity card to the Federal Safety Commissioner.

Form of identity card
 (3) The identity card must:
 (a) be in the form approved by the Federal Safety Commissioner; and
 (b) contain a recent photograph of the person to whom it is issued.

Federal Safety Officer must carry card
 (4) A Federal Safety Officer must carry the identity card at all times when performing functions or exercising powers as a Federal Safety Officer.
Note: The Federal Safety Commissioner is a Federal Safety Officer (see the definition of Federal Safety Officer in section 5).

Offence
 (5) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:
 (a) the person ceases to be a Federal Safety Officer; and
 (b) the person does not, within 14 days of so ceasing, return the person's identity card to the Federal Safety Commissioner or the Minister (as the case requires).
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.

Exception—card lost or destroyed
 (6) Subsection (5) 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 (6) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

Division 3—Powers of Federal Safety Officers