Prescribed data sharing purposes (section 8(1)(c))
7 Prescribed data sharing purposes (section 8(1)(c))
For the purposes of section 8(1)(c) of the Act, the following purposes are prescribed:
to assist in law enforcement;
to assist in emergency planning and response;
to include a photograph of a person (being a photograph taken or supplied and held under the Motor Vehicles
Act 1959) in a licence, authorisation, accreditation, identity card or other similar document (however described) granted to or issued in respect of the person under, or for the purposes of the administration of, any of the following laws of the State:
the Firearms
Act 2015;
the Harbors and Navigation
Act 1993;
the Passenger Transport
Act 1994.
In this regulation—
emergency planning and response includes—
the prevention or reduction of a threat to the life, health or safety of a person; and
the investigation of a missing person; and
the identification of a disaster victim or deceased person;
and
the prevention or reduction of a disruption to essential services or to services usually enjoyed by the community; and
the prevention or reduction of the destruction of, or damage to, any property;
law enforcement includes—
the preservation of the peace; and
the prevention and detection of crime; and
criminal investigations, criminal proceedings or proceedings for the imposition of a penalty.
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