Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008

In this section —

an Australian driver licensing authority; or

a corresponding authority; or

an external licensing authority as defined in the Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Act 2008 section 3(1); or

a person prescribed, or of a class prescribed, by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

The CEO may disclose the following information to a relevant authority if the CEO considers that the information is required by the relevant authority for the purposes of performing its functions —

driver’s licence information;

permit information;

vehicle licence information;

optional plates information;

demerit points information;

instructor information.

The disclosure of information under subsection (2) is to be free of charge.

If information disclosed under subsection (2) includes information about an offence of which a person has been convicted or for which a person has been given an infringement notice (ATD), the CEO must also disclose to the relevant authority —

any quashing of the conviction; or

any withdrawal of the infringement notice (ATD) or the matter coming before a court for determination; or

any withdrawal of proceedings under the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994 Part 3 in respect of the infringement notice (ATD); or

anything else known to the CEO concerning the offence, the disclosure of which is likely to be favourable to that person.

The CEO may seek from a relevant authority any information that the CEO considers is required for the purposes of performing the CEO’s functions under a road law.

The CEO may, for the purposes of performing the CEO’s functions under a road law, use information obtained from a relevant authority.