Victorian Current Acts

ZERO AND LOW EMISSION VEHICLE DISTANCE-BASED CHARGE ACT 2021 - SECT 66

    (1)     Subject to section 67, the Secretary or a relevant person may use or disclose relevant information—

        (a)     for the purpose of—

              (i)     the following functions and activities when performed by the Secretary or a relevant person—

    (A)     the administration of this Act or the regulations;

    (B)     providing information of community interest or benefit; or

              (ii)     research, or the compilation or analysis of statistics, conducted in the public interest, other than for publication in a form that identifies an individual or from which an individual's identity can be reasonably ascertained; or

              (iii)     the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under transport legislation; or

              (iv)     any legal proceeding—

    (A)     arising out of this Act, the regulations or any other transport legislation; or

    (B)     that otherwise relates to the performance of a road management function within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 or to damage to infrastructure within the meaning of that Act resulting from a road accident—

including anything done for the purposes of commencing any such proceeding or providing a report of any such proceeding; or

              (v)     giving effect to an intergovernmental agreement; or

        (b)     if the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary to lessen or prevent a serious threat to—

              (i)     an individual's life, health, safety or welfare; or

              (ii)     public health, safety or welfare; or

              (iii)     the environment—

whether in or outside Victoria; or

        (c)     for the purpose of dealing with exceptional circumstances in accordance with section 90L of the Road Safety Act 1986 ; or

        (d)     with the consent of—

              (i)     the individual to whom the information relates; or

              (ii)     the authorised representative of that individual; or

        (e)     for the purposes of one or more of the following functions and activities when undertaken by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency—

              (i)     the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of offences of any kind;

              (ii)     the enforcement of laws relating to the confiscation of the proceeds of crime;

              (iii)     the preparation for, or conduct of, proceedings before any court or enforcement of the orders of a court;

              (iv)     the protection of public revenue;

              (v)     the enforcement of infringement penalties (by whatever name they are known in the relevant jurisdiction); or

        (f)     if the use or disclosure is otherwise required or authorised by law.

    (2)     Section 90L of the Road Safety Act 1986 applies for the purposes of subsection (1)(c) as if—

        (a)     a reference in that section to relevant information included relevant information within the meaning of this Part; and

        (b)     a reference in that section to a relevant person included a relevant person within the meaning of this Part.