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State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
sec.134KInformation-sharing arrangements
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### sec.134K Information-sharing arrangements
The registrar may enter into an arrangement (an information-sharing arrangement ) with an entity prescribed by regulation for the purpose of sharing information held by SPER or the prescribed entity.
Under the information-sharing arrangement, a party to the arrangement may request and receive information held by another party to the arrangement for any of the following purposes—
the administration or enforcement of this Act;
the administration or enforcement of a court order;
the enforcement of an offence administered by a prescribed entity;
another purpose prescribed by regulation.
However, the registrar may only disclose information prescribed by regulation under the information-sharing arrangement.
Disclosure of information by a prescribed entity under an information-sharing arrangement is subject to any limitation on disclosure of the information under another Act.
Each party to the information-sharing arrangement must review their compliance with the requirements of the arrangement annually.
In this section—
enforcement , of an offence, includes the following—
investigating the offence;
prosecuting the offence;
imposing or collecting a fine for the offence;
applying to a court for a civil penalty or other order for the offence.
prescribed entity means an entity prescribed by regulation under subsection (1) .
s 134K ins 2017 No. 13 s 73
(sec.134K-ssec.1) The registrar may enter into an arrangement (an information-sharing arrangement ) with an entity prescribed by regulation for the purpose of sharing information held by SPER or the prescribed entity.
(sec.134K-ssec.2) Under the information-sharing arrangement, a party to the arrangement may request and receive information held by another party to the arrangement for any of the following purposes— the administration or enforcement of this Act; the administration or enforcement of a court order; the enforcement of an offence administered by a prescribed entity; another purpose prescribed by regulation.
(sec.134K-ssec.3) However, the registrar may only disclose information prescribed by regulation under the information-sharing arrangement.
(sec.134K-ssec.4) Disclosure of information by a prescribed entity under an information-sharing arrangement is subject to any limitation on disclosure of the information under another Act.
(sec.134K-ssec.5) Each party to the information-sharing arrangement must review their compliance with the requirements of the arrangement annually.
(sec.134K-ssec.6) In this section— enforcement , of an offence, includes the following— investigating the offence; prosecuting the offence; imposing or collecting a fine for the offence; applying to a court for a civil penalty or other order for the offence. prescribed entity means an entity prescribed by regulation under subsection (1) .
- (a) the administration or enforcement of this Act;
- (b) the administration or enforcement of a court order;
- (c) the enforcement of an offence administered by a prescribed entity;
- (d) another purpose prescribed by regulation.
- (a) investigating the offence;
- (b) prosecuting the offence;
- (c) imposing or collecting a fine for the offence;
- (d) applying to a court for a civil penalty or other order for the offence.