Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994

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—

delete an electronic copy of the photo or signature; and

end the way in which the photo or signature may be accessed electronically.