State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999

The registrar may enter into an arrangement (an information-sharing arrangement) with an entity prescribed by regulation for the purpose of sharing information held by SPER or the prescribed entity.

Under the information-sharing arrangement, a party to the arrangement may request and receive information held by another party to the arrangement for any of the following purposes—

the administration or enforcement of this Act;

the administration or enforcement of a court order;

the enforcement of an offence administered by a prescribed entity;

another purpose prescribed by regulation.

However, the registrar may only disclose information prescribed by regulation under the information-sharing arrangement.

Disclosure of information by a prescribed entity under an information-sharing arrangement is subject to any limitation on disclosure of the information under another Act.

Each party to the information-sharing arrangement must review their compliance with the requirements of the arrangement annually.

In this section—

investigating the offence;

prosecuting the offence;

imposing or collecting a fine for the offence;

applying to a court for a civil penalty or other order for the offence.