MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 487ZG Identity cards
MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 487ZG
Identity cards(1) The Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner must issue an identity card to an authorised officer for the purposes of this Division.
Identity card must be carried by authorised officer
(2) An authorised officer must carry his or her identity card at all times when exercising powers as an authorised officer under this Division.
(a) be in the form approved by the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner; and
(b) contain a recent photograph of the authorised officer.
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person has been issued with an identity card under subsection (1); and
(b) the person ceases to be an authorised officer; and
(c) the person does not, as soon as practicable after so ceasing, return the identity card to the Secretary or Australian Border Force Commissioner.
(5) An offence against subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(6) 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 .