Fines Act 1996
117Access to information held by police and government agencies
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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.
(1A) (Repealed)
(2) In this section, government agency includes—
(a) Transport for NSW, and
(b) a State owned corporation.
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].