117ABAccess to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies

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.

(2) In this section—

credit reporting body and identification information have the same meanings as in the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth.

relevant information about a fine defaulter means any of the following information—

(a) identification information,

(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,

(c) the contact details of the fine defaulter’s current or last known employer.

Note.

Identification information under the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth consists of the following information—

(a) full name (including any known aliases), sex and date of birth,

(b) a maximum of 3 addresses consisting of a current or last known address and 2 immediately previous addresses,

(c) name of current or last known employer,

(d) driver licence number.

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].