§ 281 — Identification cards and equipment issued to food security officers

281.—(1) The Director‑General, Food Security must issue to each food security officer an identification card (in physical or digital form) which must be carried at all times by the food security officer when the food security officer is exercising any power under any provision of Part 2 or 13 or the Part 2 Rules.

(2) Every food security officer whose appointment as such ceases must return without delay to the Director‑General, Food Security any identification card issued to him or her under subsection (1).

(3) A former food security officer who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(4) In the case of an identification card issued in a digital form, a former food security officer is taken to comply with subsection (2) only after he or she removes the digital identification card from each mobile communication device or other electronic device in his or her possession on which the digital identification card is capable of being displayed.

(5) Every food security officer must be issued with any accoutrement or equipment that the Director‑General, Food Security may determine to be necessary for the effective discharge of the duties of a food security officer.

(6) In subsection (5), “accoutrement” includes surveillance equipment capable of being worn on the body for the purpose of recording a view of, or recording a conversation between, the wearer and another individual.

—(1) The Director‑General, Food Security must issue to each food security officer an identification card (in physical or digital form) which must be carried at all times by the food security officer when the food security officer is exercising any power under any provision of Part 2 or 13 or the Part 2 Rules.

(2) Every food security officer whose appointment as such ceases must return without delay to the Director‑General, Food Security any identification card issued to him or her under subsection (1).

(3) A former food security officer who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(4) In the case of an identification card issued in a digital form, a former food security officer is taken to comply with subsection (2) only after he or she removes the digital identification card from each mobile communication device or other electronic device in his or her possession on which the digital identification card is capable of being displayed.

(5) Every food security officer must be issued with any accoutrement or equipment that the Director‑General, Food Security may determine to be necessary for the effective discharge of the duties of a food security officer.

(6) In subsection (5), “accoutrement” includes surveillance equipment capable of being worn on the body for the purpose of recording a view of, or recording a conversation between, the wearer and another individual.