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CLINICAL WASTE ACT 1990 - SECT 10

Identity cards

    (1)     The chief executive must give an authorised person an identity card stating the person's name and position.

    (2)     The identity card must show—

        (a)     a recent photograph of the person; and

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

        (c)     if the person is only authorised to exercise functions under particular provisions of this Act—the provisions; and

        (d)     anything else prescribed by regulation.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person stops being an authorised person; and

        (b)     the person does not return the person's identity card to the chief executive 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.

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

    (5)     In this section:

"authorised person "means a person holding any of the following positions:

        (a)     the controller;

        (b)     a delegate of the controller with any delegated powers of an inspector;

        (c)     an inspector mentioned in section 9 (3) (a).



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