Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment (Document Verification Service) Regulation 2009 (NSW)

2009 No 30

New South Wales

Road Transport (Driver Licensing)

Amendment (Document Verification

Service) Regulation 2009

under the

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998.

MICHAEL DALEY, M.P.,

Minister for Roads

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to authorise the Roads and Traffic Authority to participate in the Document Verification Service (DVS) and to specifically authorise the Authority to collect, use and disclose information in the course of its participation in the DVS.
The DVS has been established as an element of the National Identity Security Strategy of the Council of Australian Governments for intergovernmental cooperation to strengthen Australia’s personal identification processes.

This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998, including sections 12 and 19 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 23 of 30 January 2009, page 495	Page 1
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Clause 1	Service) Regulation 2009

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment

(Document Verification Service) Regulation 2009

under the

Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment
(Document Verification Service) Regulation 2009.

2 Amendment of Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2008

The Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Regulation 2008 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 109A

Insert after clause 109:

109A

Participation by Authority in Document Verification Service

(1)	The Authority may enter into an arrangement (by agreement, understanding or otherwise) for facilitating participation by the Authority in the DVS.
(2)	The Authority is authorised to participate in the DVS and to exercise functions conferred on the Authority as a participant in the DVS.
(3)	In particular, the Authority is authorised to collect, use and disclose information in the course of the Authority’s participation in the DVS for the purposes of or in connection with assisting the Authority or another participant in the DVS to verify the validity of proof of identity documents in the course of the exercise of the functions of the Authority or other participant.
(4)	An arrangement entered into by the Authority for facilitating its participation in the DVS may provide for the payment of fees by participants in the DVS, including fees for the disclosure of information in accordance with the arrangement.
(5)	In this clause: DVS means the Document Verification Service established as an element of the National Identity Security Strategy endorsed by the Council of Australian Governments at its meeting in April 2007.

BY AUTHORITY