118NAccess to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies

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.

Division 4—Reports of suspect transactions