sec.28EFDestruction of a digital photo or digitised signature

### sec.28EF Destruction of a digital photo or digitised signature This section applies to a copy of a person’s digital photo or digitised signature— accessed under this part by the administrator of a prescribed authorisation Act that is not a transport Act; and in the possession of that administrator, including by electronic communication. The administrator may retain the copy for the period necessary to conduct an investigation of, or for use in a proceeding for, an offence mentioned in section 28ED (5) . However, the administrator must take reasonable steps to destroy each copy of a person’s digital photo or digitised signature accessed for the investigation or prosecution of an offence if a proceeding for the offence has not started within 1 year after the day the photo or signature was first accessed. The destruction of a copy of a digital photo or digitised signature must be carried out within a reasonable period— after the administrator stops having a reason to retain the photo or signature under subsection (2) ; or if subsection (3) applies. In this section— destroy , a digital photo or digitised signature, includes— delete an electronic copy of the photo or signature; and end the way in which the photo or signature may be accessed electronically. s 28EF ins 2015 No. 14 s 43 (sec.28EF-ssec.1) This section applies to a copy of a person’s digital photo or digitised signature— accessed under this part by the administrator of a prescribed authorisation Act that is not a transport Act; and in the possession of that administrator, including by electronic communication. (sec.28EF-ssec.2) The administrator may retain the copy for the period necessary to conduct an investigation of, or for use in a proceeding for, an offence mentioned in section 28ED (5) . (sec.28EF-ssec.3) However, the administrator must take reasonable steps to destroy each copy of a person’s digital photo or digitised signature accessed for the investigation or prosecution of an offence if a proceeding for the offence has not started within 1 year after the day the photo or signature was first accessed. (sec.28EF-ssec.4) The destruction of a copy of a digital photo or digitised signature must be carried out within a reasonable period— after the administrator stops having a reason to retain the photo or signature under subsection (2) ; or if subsection (3) applies. (sec.28EF-ssec.5) In this section— destroy , a digital photo or digitised signature, includes— delete an electronic copy of the photo or signature; and end the way in which the photo or signature may be accessed electronically. - (a) accessed under this part by the administrator of a prescribed authorisation Act that is not a transport Act; and - (b) in the possession of that administrator, including by electronic communication. - (a) after the administrator stops having a reason to retain the photo or signature under subsection (2) ; or - (b) if subsection (3) applies. - (a) delete an electronic copy of the photo or signature; and - (b) end the way in which the photo or signature may be accessed electronically.