107Access to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies

107 Access to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies

107 Access to and use of information held by credit reporting bodies

(1) A credit reporting body is authorised to disclose to the Chief Commissioner, on written request, relevant information about a debtor for the purpose of enabling the Chief Commissioner to exercise a function under this Act in relation to the debtor.

(2) In this section—

credit reporting body and identification information have the same meanings as in the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth.

relevant information about a debtor means any of the following information—

(a) identification information,

(b) the name of an authorised deposit-taking institution of which the debtor is a customer and details of any account of the debtor with the institution,

(c) the contact details of the debtor’s current or last known employer.

Note.

Identification information under the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth consists of the following information—

(a) full name (including any known aliases), sex and date of birth,

(b) a maximum of 3 addresses consisting of a current or last known address and 2 immediately previous addresses,

(c) name of current or last known employer,

(d) driver licence number.

s 107: Am 2022 No 16, Sch 7[7] [8].