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Confiscation Act 1997
118NAccess to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies
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118N Access to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies
(1) On the written request of an investigative officer or a prescribed person, a credit reporting body is authorised to disclose to the person making the request the following information about a person for the purposes of a proceeding or taking an enforcement action under this Act against the person—
(a) any identification information included in the person's credit information;
(b) any telephone number or email address recorded in the name of the person;
(c) credit worthiness information in relation to the person;
(d) the name of any financial institution in respect of which the person is a customer and the details of any accounts held by the person with that financial institution.
(2) The Chief Commissioner of Police may authorise in writing a police officer of the rank of inspector or above to request credit information.
(3) A request for credit information may be issued in accordance with this section by an investigative officer.
(4) In this section—
***credit worthiness*** has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth;
(a) a person authorised under section 118N(2); or
(b) a person who holds a prescribed office; or
(c) a person belonging to a prescribed class of investigative officer.
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