20LAdoption of government related identifiers

20L Adoption of government related identifiers

(1) If: (a) a credit reporting body holds credit reporting information about an individual; and (b) the information is a government related identifier of the individual; the body must not adopt the government related identifier as its own identifier of the individual.

Civil penalty: 2,000 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the adoption of the government related identifier is required or authorised by or under an Australian law or a court/tribunal order.