CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 26 Director-general must give identity cards

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 26

    (1)     This section applies if the director-general delegates a power under this Act or another territory law to someone else (an authorised person ).

Note     The director-general may delegate a power under the Public Sector Management Act 1994

, s 20.

    (2)     However, this section does not apply to a delegation under section 883A (Director-general delegations—approved care and protection organisations) or a subdelegation under section 883B (Subdelegations—approved care and protection organisations).

    (3)     The director-general must give an authorised person an identity card stating the person's name and that the person is an authorised person.

    (4)     The identity card must show—

        (a)     a recent photograph of the person; and

        (b)     the card's date of issue and expiry; and

        (c)     anything else prescribed by regulation.

    (5)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     stops being an authorised person; and

        (b)     does not return the person's identity card to the director-general as soon as practicable, but not later than 7 days after the day the person stops being an authorised person.

Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.

    (6)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.