Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 77

77 Restricted written or electronic release of person’s prescribed authority and traffic history information

(1) The chief executive may release, in writing or electronically, information kept under this Act about a person’s prescribed authority or traffic history to—

(a) on receiving an application—

(i) the person; or

(ii) with the person’s written consent—another person; or

Note—

See chapter 5B for requirements about the application.

(b) the commissioner; or

(c) an entity that issues driver licences under a corresponding law to this Act; or

(d) an entity (a
"foreign licensing authority" ) that issues foreign driver licences; or

(e) an entity that, under an agreement between the State and other Australian jurisdictions, maintains a database containing information about driver licences and traffic histories.

(2) Also, the chief executive may release, in writing, to an entity information kept under this Act about a person’s prescribed authority if—

(a) the person produces the prescribed authority to the entity as proof of the person’s identity; and

(b) the entity applies for the information; and

Note—

See chapter 5B for requirements about the application.

(c) the information is necessary to verify the validity of the prescribed authority.

(3) Before releasing information to an entity under subsection (1) (c) , the chief executive must be satisfied any release of the information by the entity will be limited to circumstances similar to those mentioned in subsection (1) .

(4) The chief executive may release information about a person’s prescribed authority or traffic history under subsection (1) (d) only on the following conditions—

(a) the information may be used by the foreign licensing authority only to decide whether to issue a foreign driver licence to the person, unless the person gives written consent to another use;

(b) the information may be released by the foreign licensing authority only with the person’s written consent.

(5) Before releasing information to an entity under subsection (1) (e) , the chief executive must be satisfied any release of the information by the entity will be limited to—

(a) circumstances similar to those mentioned in subsection (1) ; or

(b) releasing, to the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, the Queensland driver licence information it requires to exercise its functions under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) .

(6) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the release of information under subsection (1) (e) is not limited by the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , part 4D .

Note—

The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994 , part 4D provides for disclosure, collection and use of identity information in connection with identity matching services under that part.

(7) In this section—

"document verification service" means the service, administered by the Commonwealth, by which documents used by persons as evidence of those persons’ identities are verified.

"Queensland driver licence information" means information about a Queensland driver licence recorded in a register kept by the chief executive under this Act.