Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Chief Executive Medicare may cause to be issued to each authorised officer an identity card.
(2) An identity card must:
(a) be in a form approved in writing by the Chief Executive Medicare; and
(b) incorporate a recent photograph of the authorised officer.
(3) A person who ceases to be an authorised officer must, as soon as practicable after so ceasing, return his or her identity card to the Chief Executive Medicare.
(4) A person must not fail to return his or her identity card as required by subsection (3).
Note: Under subsection 4D(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 , this penalty is only a maximum penalty for the offence.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
(6) An offence under subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .