South Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 38

38—Identification cards

        (1)         The Minister may—

            (a)         issue an authorised officer with an identification card; or

            (b)         designate a card, issued to an authorised officer by another person, body or authority (whether or not of this State), as an identification card for the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         An identification card issued by the Minister must—

            (a)         contain a photograph of the officer and either—

                  (i)         the name and signature of the officer; or

                  (ii)         a unique number that has been assigned to the officer by the Minister; and

            (b)         identify the officer as an authorised officer.

        (3)         The Minister must not designate a card issued to an authorised officer by another person, body or authority as an identification card for the purposes of this Act unless the card—

            (a)         contains a photograph of the officer, the name of the other person, body or authority and either—

                  (i)         the name and signature of the officer; or

                  (ii)         a unique number that has been assigned to the officer by the other person, body or authority; and

            (b)         identifies in some way (however expressed) the officer as an authorised officer under another law or as having official functions under another law.