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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Administrative provisions - Organisation of Customs

273: Identity cards

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"Customs officers must carry a special identity card to prove who they are"

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The chief executive must give you an identity card if you are a Customs officer or an authorised person who is not a Police employee, as defined in section 4 of the Policing Act 2008, or a member of the Armed Forces. You must carry this identity card with you when you are doing your job. If someone asks, you must show them your identity card so they can check it. If you stop being a Customs officer or an authorised person, you must give your identity card back to the chief executive as soon as you can. You need to return your identity card to make sure it does not get used by someone else.

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Part 5Administrative provisions
Organisation of Customs

273Identity cards

  1. The chief executive must give an identity card (or another means of identification) to—

  2. every Customs officer; and
    1. every authorised person who is neither—
      1. a Police employee (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Policing Act 2008); nor
        1. a member of the Armed Forces.

        2. A Customs officer or an authorised person carrying out any function under this Act must, on request, produce his or her identity card (or other means of identification) for inspection.

        3. A person who ceases to be a Customs officer or an authorised person must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, surrender his or her identity card (or other means of identification) to the chief executive.

        Compare
        • 1996 No 27 s 7