15Definition of DVS

15 Definition of DVS

(1) A service is a DVS if: (a) it is, or is sought to be, provided on a request made by or on behalf of an authority, person or body (each the requesting party); and (b) the requesting party is a party to a participation agreement; and (c) the request includes DVS information, that relates to an individual (other than information described in paragraph 6(3)(b)), and to a specimen document purporting to be a DVS document that: (i) is of a kind specified in the request; and (ii) is issued by a government authority that is or was responsible for the issue of DVS documents of that kind; and (d) the service involves, or is to involve, an electronic comparison of the DVS information described in paragraph (c) and information that: (i) is contained in DVS documents of the kind specified in the request, or is associated with such documents by the government authority (the issuing authority) that is responsible for issuing them and is a party to a participation agreement; and (ii) is made available for the comparison by the issuing authority; and (e) the comparison is carried out in accordance with any limitations, provided for under that participation agreement, subject to which the issuing authority made the information available for the comparison; and (f) the purpose of the comparison is to help determine whether the specimen document is a DVS document of the kind identified in the request; and (g) the response to the requesting party about the outcome of the comparison is limited to either: (i) a statement that the information compared matched; or (ii) a statement that the information compared did not match, with or without reasons why the information did not match; and (h) the request and the response to the request are communicated by electronic communications relayed through the DVS hub or the Face Matching Service Hub.

Note 1: DVS is short for Document Verification Service, a term used in the intergovernmental agreement.

Note 2: DVS is an example of a 1:1 matching service (see the definition of 1:1 matching service in section 5).

(2) The following provisions do not apply in relation to a service requested within the period specified by subsection (3) after the commencement of this section: (a) paragraph (1)(b); (b) subparagraph (1)(d)(i), so far as it relates to the issuing authority being a party to a participation agreement; (c) paragraph (1)(e). (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the period is: (a) 12 months; or (b) if the rules prescribe a longer period of up to 18 months for the purposes of this paragraph—that longer period.