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Fines Act 1996
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#### 117 Access to information held by police and government agencies
117 Access to information held by police and government agencies
> > (1) Police officers or other members of the NSW Police Force and government agencies are authorised and required to provide the Commissioner, on request, with available information about a fine defaulter’s criminal record, address, email address, phone number, property, date of birth or driver licence number for the purpose of enabling the Commissioner to exercise a function under this Act in relation to the fine defaulter.
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> > (1A) (Repealed)
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> > (2) In this section, government agency includes—
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> > > (a) Transport for NSW, and
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> > > (b) a State owned corporation.
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> **s 117:** Am 2011 No 41, Sch 5.6 \[1\]; 2011 No 62, Sch 3.10; 2012 No 61, Sch 1 \[16\] \[17\]; 2013 No 82, Sch 1 \[5\]; 2022 No 16, Sch 2\[19\].