90KAuthorised use or disclosure

90K Authorised use or disclosure

Subject to section 90N, the Secretary or a relevant person may use or disclose relevant information—

(a) for the purpose of—

S. 90K(a)(i) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch. 1 item 199).

(i) the following functions and activities when performed by the Secretary or a relevant person—

(A) the administration of this Act or the regulations; or

S. 90K(a)(i)(B) repealed by No. 5/2016 s. 33(a).

(C) providing information of community interest or benefit; or

(ii) a vehicle recall procedure being conducted in relation to a possible safety-related defect in a vehicle or a class of vehicles; or

(iii) research, or the compilation or analysis of statistics, conducted in the public interest, other than for publication in a form that identifies an individual or from which an individual's identity can be reasonably ascertained; or

(iv) the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under transport legislation; or

S. 90K(a)(iva) inserted by No. 49/2019 s. 124.

(iva) administering the accessible parking permit scheme, including—

S. 90K(a) (iva)(A) amended by No. 46/2024 s. 20(a).

(A) facilitating the assessment of whether a person is entitled to be issued an accessible parking permit; and

S. 90K(a) (iva)(B) amended by No. 46/2024 s. 20(b).

(B) facilitating the issue of accessible parking permits by municipal councils; and

S. 90K(a) (iva)(C) amended by No. 46/2024 s. 20(a).

(C) maintaining a record of persons who have been issued an accessible parking permit; and

S. 90K(a) (iva)(D) amended by No. 46/2024 s. 20(c).

(D) enabling any law enforcement agency to determine whether a person is using a valid accessible parking permit which that person is entitled to use; or

S. 90K(a)(v) substituted by No. 5/2016 s. 33(b).

(v) any legal proceeding—

(A) arising out of this Act, the regulations or any other transport legislation; or

(B) that otherwise relates to the performance of a road management function within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 or to damage to infrastructure within the meaning of that Act resulting from a road accident—

including anything done for the purposes of commencing any such proceeding or providing a report of any such proceeding; or

(vi) giving effect to an intergovernmental agreement; or

(b) if the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary to lessen or prevent a serious threat to—