160Security of information in registers

160 Security of information in registers

(1)  In this regulation –

identity matching services means the scheme –

(a) established in accordance with the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services made by the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania on 5 October 2017, as in force for the time being; and

(b) for the purpose of sharing and matching identity information to ensure that a person –

(i) is not attempting to obtain a driver licence with false, misleading or incomplete information; and

(ii) does not have, or is not prevented from having, a driver licence in another jurisdiction;

NEVDIS means the scheme established by New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania to provide a national exchange of vehicle and driver information and known as the National Exchange of Vehicle and Driver Information System;

protected information means information recorded in a register that is –

(a) personal information; or

(b) commercially sensitive information.

(2)  The Registrar may divulge protected information only in one or more of the following circumstances:

(a) if and as the Registrar considers appropriate in the public interest for the purposes of the administration of an Act of this State, another State or a Territory, or the Commonwealth;

(b) if and as authorised by the person to whom the information relates;

(c) if and as required by a court or other body or person authorised to take evidence;

(d) if and as required for the purposes of NEVDIS;

(e) if and as required for the purposes of identity matching services.