§ 282 — Identification cards and equipment issued by Agency

282.—(1) The Agency must issue to each authorised officer and each food inspector an identification card (in physical or digital form) which must be carried at all times by the authorised officer or food inspector (as the case may be) when he or she is exercising any power under any provision of this Act, except those mentioned in section 276(1)(a), (b) or (c).(2) Every authorised officer or food inspector whose appointment as such ceases must return without delay to the Agency any identification card issued to him or her under subsection (1).

(3) A former authorised officer or former food inspector 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 person to whom subsection (3) applies 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 authorised officer or food inspector must be issued with any accoutrement or equipment that the Agency may determine to be necessary for the effective discharge of the duties of an authorised officer or a food inspector, as the case may be.

(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 Agency must issue to each authorised officer and each food inspector an identification card (in physical or digital form) which must be carried at all times by the authorised officer or food inspector (as the case may be) when he or she is exercising any power under any provision of this Act, except those mentioned in section 276(1)(a), (b) or (c).

(2) Every authorised officer or food inspector whose appointment as such ceases must return without delay to the Agency any identification card issued to him or her under subsection (1).

(3) A former authorised officer or former food inspector 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 person to whom subsection (3) applies 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 authorised officer or food inspector must be issued with any accoutrement or equipment that the Agency may determine to be necessary for the effective discharge of the duties of an authorised officer or a food inspector, as the case may be.

(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.