ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 38

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 38

38—Identity cards

        (1)         Subject to this section, the Minister must issue an authorised officer with an identity card.

        (2)         The Minister is not required to issue an identity card if—

            (a)         the authorised officer is a police officer; or

            (b)         the Minister has designated a card issued to an authorised officer, or to a class of authorised officers, by another person, body or authority (whether or not of this State) as an identity card for the purposes of this Act.

        (3)         An identity card issued under this section must—

            (a)         contain a recent photograph of the authorised officer; and

            (b)         identify the person as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act; and

            (c)         specify the identification number issued to the authorised officer by the Minister.