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Fines Act 1996
117ABAccess to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies
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#### 117AB Access to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies
117AB Access to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies
> > (1) A credit reporting body is authorised to disclose to the Commissioner, on written request, relevant information about a fine defaulter for the purpose of enabling the Commissioner to exercise a function under this Act in relation to the fine defaulter.
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> > (2) In this section—
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> > credit reporting body and identification information have the same meanings as in the [Privacy Act 1988](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.
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> > relevant information about a fine defaulter means any of the following information—
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> > > (a) identification information,
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> > > (b) the name of an authorised deposit-taking institution of which the fine defaulter is a customer and details of any account of the fine defaulter with the institution,
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> > > (c) the contact details of the fine defaulter’s current or last known employer.
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> > Note.
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> > Identification information under the [Privacy Act 1988](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth consists of the following information—
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> > > (a) full name (including any known aliases), sex and date of birth,
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> > > (b) a maximum of 3 addresses consisting of a current or last known address and 2 immediately previous addresses,
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> > > (c) name of current or last known employer,
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> > > (d) driver licence number.
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> **s 117AB:** Ins 2012 No 61, Sch 1 \[18\]. Am 2013 No 82, Sch 1 \[5\]. Subst 2016 No 13, Sch 1 \[12\]; 2022 No 16, Sch 2\[21\] \[22\].