Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Subdivision, an authorised officer's identity card must be in a form approved by the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner. It must contain a recent photograph of the authorised officer.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person holds or held an identity card for the purposes of this Subdivision; and
(b) the person ceases to be an authorised officer for all purposes under this Act; and
(c) the person does not, as soon as is practicable after so ceasing, return the identity card to the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner.
(3) This offence is one of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(4) However, the person does not commit the offence if the identity card was lost or destroyed.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (4): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
(5) An authorised officer must carry an identity card at all times when exercising powers under this Subdivision.