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Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994
sec.28EGRestricted access to information stored electronically on a smartcard identification authority
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### sec.28EG Restricted access to information stored electronically on a smartcard identification authority
A person may access information stored electronically on a smartcard identification authority only if—
the person is the holder of the smartcard identification authority; or
the person has the holder’s consent to access the information; or
the person is an authorised officer for the smartcard identification authority and the access to the information is for exercising a power under the Act under which the smartcard identification authority is granted;
the person is a police officer who is authorised under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 to access the information.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
In this section—
access , in relation to information stored electronically on a smartcard identification authority, means view or take a copy of the information.
authorised officer , for a smartcard identification authority, means a person—
authorised, under an Act, to perform a function or exercise a power in relation to the smartcard identification authority; and
prescribed under a regulation for this definition.
smartcard identification authority means a prescribed authority in the form of a card, or something similar, that is approved by the administrator of the prescribed authorisation Act under which the authority is issued and on which information may be stored electronically.
s 28EG ins 2015 No. 14 s 43
(sec.28EG-ssec.1) A person may access information stored electronically on a smartcard identification authority only if— the person is the holder of the smartcard identification authority; or the person has the holder’s consent to access the information; or the person is an authorised officer for the smartcard identification authority and the access to the information is for exercising a power under the Act under which the smartcard identification authority is granted; the person is a police officer who is authorised under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 to access the information. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.28EG-ssec.2) In this section— access , in relation to information stored electronically on a smartcard identification authority, means view or take a copy of the information. authorised officer , for a smartcard identification authority, means a person— authorised, under an Act, to perform a function or exercise a power in relation to the smartcard identification authority; and prescribed under a regulation for this definition. smartcard identification authority means a prescribed authority in the form of a card, or something similar, that is approved by the administrator of the prescribed authorisation Act under which the authority is issued and on which information may be stored electronically.
- (a) the person is the holder of the smartcard identification authority; or
- (b) the person has the holder’s consent to access the information; or
- (c) the person is an authorised officer for the smartcard identification authority and the access to the information is for exercising a power under the Act under which the smartcard identification authority is granted;
- (d) the person is a police officer who is authorised under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 to access the information.
- (a) authorised, under an Act, to perform a function or exercise a power in relation to the smartcard identification authority; and
- (b) prescribed under a regulation for this definition.