New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR DEALERS AND REPAIRERS ACT 2013 - SECT 182

182 Provision of information

(1) An officer of a relevant authority in charge of any record or information must, on request, supply the record or information to the Secretary if access to the record or information is reasonably necessary for the proper exercise of any function of the Secretary under this Act relating to licensing, disciplinary proceedings, investigations or law enforcement.

(2) It is the duty of the Secretary to supply to the Commissioner of Police, or any police officer or member of the NSW Police Force who is authorised by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section, the information relating to licences and other matters that is reasonably necessary for the performance by police officers of their law enforcement duties.

(3) The Secretary may, in accordance with an agreement approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection and entered into with an authority of this State or another State or a Territory or the Commonwealth, supply to that authority a record or information provided to the Secretary under this section.

(4) The Minister may approve an agreement for the purposes of subsection (3) only if it relates to one or more of the following--

(a) offences, or the regulation of conduct, relating to motor vehicles or motor dealing or motor vehicle repairs,

(b) law enforcement by an authority of another State or a Territory or of the Commonwealth.

(5) This section does not apply to the supply of a record or information to which the Criminal Records Act 1991 applies.

(6) In this section--

"relevant authority" means--

(a) the NSW Police Force, or

(b) Transport for NSW, or

(c) any other authority prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.