(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.