Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
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authorised purpose means —
(a) the
purpose of performing functions under a written law or a law of the
Commonwealth, another State or a Territory; or
(b) a
purpose related to the administration or enforcement of a written law or a law
of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory; or
(c) in
relation to photo card information — a purpose prescribed for the
purposes of this paragraph; or
(d) in
relation to identifying information —
(i)
the purpose of developing and testing computer systems
that connect to the National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution (as
defined in clause 3.1 of the intergovernmental agreement); or
(ii)
a purpose, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes
of this paragraph, that is related to a purpose set out in clause 1.2 of the
intergovernmental agreement;
prescribed person means a person prescribed, or
who falls within a class of persons prescribed, for the purposes of this
definition.
(2) The CEO may
disclose identifying information or photo card information to a prescribed
person if the CEO considers that the information is required by the person for
an authorised purpose.
(3) The following
persons must not use disclosed identifying information or photo card
information for a purpose other than the authorised purpose for which it was
disclosed —
(a) a
person to whom the information is disclosed under subsection (2);
(b) a
person who is employed or engaged by a person to whom the information is
disclosed under subsection (2).
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 2
years or a fine of $24 000.
[Section 14 amended: No. 8 of 2022 s. 19.]