Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 16

    (1)     The chief executive shall issue to an officer an identity card specifying the officer's name and office, and on which appears a recent photograph of the officer.

    (2)     Upon ceasing to occupy, or to act in, an office, a person shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to return his or her identity card to the chief executive.

Maximum penalty: 1 penalty unit.

    (3)     In this section:

"office" means the following offices:

        (a)     chief health officer;

        (b)     public health officer;

        (c)     authorised medical officer;

        (d)     analyst.