Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister must issue an Investigator a card identifying the holder as an Investigator.
(2) An identity card must include a recent photograph of the holder.
(3) An Investigator or is not entitled to exercise any powers under this Part if:
(a) the occupier of the relevant premises has required the Investigator to show his or her identity card; and
(b) the Investigator fails to comply with the requirement.
Offence
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person has been issued with an identity card under this section; and
(b) the person ceases to be an Investigator; and
(c) the person does not, as soon as practicable after so ceasing, return the identity card to the Minister.
(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 this subsection: see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .