Disclosure of information for road safety purposes
15 Disclosure of information for road safety purposes
In this section —
road safety purpose means —
the purpose of research directed to the promotion of road safety; or
the purpose of distributing information about road safety.
The CEO may disclose the following information to a person if the CEO considers that the information is required by the person for a road safety purpose —
driver’s licence information;
permit information;
vehicle licence information;
demerit points information;
instructor information.
The Commissioner of Police may disclose incident information to a person if the Commissioner considers that the information is required by the person for a road safety purpose.
A person —
to whom information is disclosed under subsection (2) or (3A); or
who is employed or engaged by a person to whom information is disclosed under subsection (2) or (3A),
must not use the information for a purpose other than the road safety purpose for which it was disclosed.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 12 months or a fine of 240 PU.
[Section 15 inserted: No. 18 of 2011 s. 21; amended: No. 25 of 2016 s. 16; No. 26 of 2018 s. 316; No. 15 of 2024 s. 10.]
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