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MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 139D

139D—Confidentiality

        (1)         A person engaged or formerly engaged in the administration of this Act must not divulge or communicate information obtained (whether by that person or otherwise) in the administration of this Act except—

            (a)         as required or authorised under this or any other Act; or

            (b)         with the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained or to whom the information relates; or

            (c)         in connection with the administration of—

                  (i)         this Act; or

                  (ii)         the Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia) Act 2013 ; or

                  (iii)         the Heavy Vehicle National Regulations (South Australia) ; or

                  (iv)         the local regulations made under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia) Act 2013 ; or

            (d)         to a public authority of any jurisdiction for law enforcement purposes or a prescribed public authority of any jurisdiction; or

            (e)         to a court or in connection with any legal proceedings; or

            (ea)         as may be required for the purposes of—

                  (i)         the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017 ; or

                  (ii)         Part 4 Division 3 of the Local Nuisance and Litter Control Act 2016 ; or

                  (iii)         section 5D of the Environment Protection Act 1993 ; or

            (f)         in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the regulations.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         The Registrar or a person authorised by the Registrar may—

            (a)         require a person applying for the disclosure of information obtained in the administration of this Act to provide such evidence as the Registrar or authorised person considers necessary to determine the application;

            (b)         if the Registrar or authorised person thinks fit, require any such evidence to be verified by statutory declaration.

        (3)         Information that has been disclosed under subsection (1) for a particular purpose must not be used for any other purpose by—

            (a)         the person to whom the information was disclosed; or

            (b)         any other person who gains access to the information (whether properly or improperly and whether directly or indirectly) as a result of that disclosure.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

        (4)         For the purposes of this section—

            (a)         a reference to the administration of this Act is to be taken to include a reference to the administration of the Road Traffic Act 1961 ; and

            (b)         an approved alcohol interlock provider, and a person engaged in the activities of an approved alcohol interlock provider for the purposes of this Act, are to be taken to be engaged in the administration of this Act.



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