access policy has the meaning given by section 14.
approved identity verification facility means:
(a) the DVS hub; or
(b) the Face Matching Service Hub; or
(c) the NDLFRS.
data breach means an occurrence of unauthorised access to, unauthorised disclosure of or loss of identification information.
DVS has the meaning given by section 15.
Note: DVS is short for Document Verification Service, a term used in the intergovernmental agreement.
DVS document means any of the following:
(a) a birth certificate issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory;
(b) a death certificate issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory;
(c) a concession card (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991);
(d) a notice given under section 37 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 stating that a person is an Australian citizen at a particular time;
(e) a certificate issued by an authority of a State or Territory indicating that an individual has changed the individual’s name;
(f) a driver’s licence (however described) issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory;
(g) a document issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory to assist an individual to prove the individual’s age or identity;
(h) a document issued to an individual, as a person who is not an Australian citizen, by the Department administered by the Minister administering the Migration Act 1958 to assist the individual to prove the individual’s identity;
(i) a certificate of marriage issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory whose function it is to register marriages;
(j) a document issued by a court setting out a divorce order made under the Family Law Act 1975;
(k) an Australian travel document (within the meaning of the Australian Passports Act 2005);
(l) a certificate signed by an officer (within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958) stating that, at a specified time, or during a specified period, a specified person was the holder of a visa that was in effect;
(m) an entry in a Roll (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) relating to a particular individual;
(n) an aviation security identification card issued under regulations made for the purposes of the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004;
(o) an MSIC issued under regulations made for the purposes of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003;
(p) a medicare card (within the meaning of subsection 84(1) of the National Health Act 1953).
DVS hub means a facility that:
(a) is for relaying electronic communications between persons and bodies for the purposes of requesting and providing DVSs; and
(b) is developed, operated and maintained by the Department under Part 2.
DVS information has the meaning given by section 6.
electronic communication means a communication of information, in the form of data, text or images by means of guided electromagnetic energy, unguided electromagnetic energy or both, carried by a telegraphic, telephonic or other like service within the meaning of section 51(v) of the Constitution.
entrusted person has the meaning given by section 30.
Face Matching Service Hub means a facility that:
(a) is for relaying electronic communications between persons and bodies for the purposes of requesting and providing identity verification services; and
(b) is developed, operated and maintained by the Department under Part 2.
face‑matching service information has the meaning given by section 6.
facial image means a digital still image of an individual’s face (whether or not including the shoulders).
FIS has the meaning given by section 16.
Note: FIS is short for Face Identification Service, a term used in the intergovernmental agreement.
FVS has the meaning given by section 19.
Note: FVS is short for Face Verification Service, a term used in the intergovernmental agreement.
government authority means:
(a) an authority of the Commonwealth; or
(b) an authority of a State or Territory;
other than a local government authority.
government identification document means a document or other thing that:
(a) contains identification information; and
(b) can be used to identify an individual or to pass an individual off as someone else (whether living, dead, real or fictitious); and
(c) is issued by or on behalf of a government authority.
identification information has the meaning given by section 6.
identity verification service means:
(a) a 1:1 matching service; or
(b) a 1:many matching service.
intergovernmental agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services made on 5 October 2017 by the Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
Note: The intergovernmental agreement must be published on the Department’s website (see section 39).
NDLFRS means a system that consists of:
(a) a database of identification information that:
(i) is also either contained in government identification documents issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory or associated with those documents by the authority; and
(ii) is supplied by or on behalf of the authority to the Department by electronic communication for inclusion in the database; and
(b) a system for biometric comparison of facial images with facial images that are in the database described in paragraph (a);
and is developed, operated and maintained by the Department under Part 2.
Note: NDLFRS is short for National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution, a term used in the intergovernmental agreement.
NDLFRS hosting agreement has the meaning given by section 13.
non‑government entity means a person, or body, other than:
(a) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(b) a government authority.
Note: Local government authorities are non‑government entities because they are excluded from the definition of government authority. Authorities of New Zealand are non‑government entities because they are not covered by the definition of government authority.
participation agreement has the meaning given by section 8.
personal information has the meaning given by section 6 of the Privacy Act 1988.
privacy impact assessment has the meaning given by subsection 33D(3) of the Privacy Act 1988.
protected information has the meaning given by section 30.
rules means rules made under section 44.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
shielded person means a person to whom one or more of the following paragraphs apply:
(a) the person has acquired or used an assumed identity under Part IAC of the Crimes Act 1914 or a corresponding assumed identity law within the meaning of that Part;
(b) an authority for the person to acquire or use an assumed identity has been granted under that Part or such a law;
(c) a witness identity protection certificate has been given for the person under Part IACA of the Crimes Act 1914;
(d) a corresponding witness identity protection certificate has been given for the person under a corresponding witness identity protection law within the meaning of Part IACA of the Crimes Act 1914;
(e) the person is a participant (as defined in the Witness Protection Act 1994);
(f) the person is or was on a witness protection program conducted by a State or Territory in which a complementary witness protection law (as defined in the Witness Protection Act 1994) is in force;
(g) the person is involved in administering such a program under such a law and the person has acquired an identity under that law.