FORESTRY ACT 1959 - SECT 135
Certificates of appointment
FORESTRY ACT 1959 - SECT 135
Certificates of appointment
135 Certificates of appointment
(1) This section applies to a person who held an appointment as a forest
officer or plantation officer immediately before the commencement of this
section.
(2) On and after the commencement, the person’s certificate of
appointment is taken to be an instrument of appointment.
(3) Also, the
person’s certificate of appointment is taken to be the person’s identity
card until whichever of the following happens first—
(a) 1 year after the
commencement;
(b) the day when the person is issued an identity card under
section 17C or subsection (4).
(4) The chief executive may issue an identity
card to a forest officer or plantation officer until the commencement of
section 17C.
(5) The identity card must—
(a) contain a recent photo of the
person; and
(b) contain a copy of the person’s signature; and
(c) identify
the person as a forest officer or plantation officer under this Act; and
(d)
state an expiry date for the card.
(6) An identity card issued under this
section is taken to be an identity card issued under section 17C, until the
identity card expires.
(7) This section does not prevent the issue of a
single identity card to a person for this Act and other purposes.
