Transport Regulations Amendment (Digital Identity Exchange) Regulations 2021 (WA)

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TN304

Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 Western Australian Photo Card Act 2014

Transport Regulations Amendment (Digital

Identity Exchange) Regulations 2021

SL 2021/203

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Part 1 - Preliminary

1.           Citation

These regulations are the Transport Regulations Amendment
(Digital Identity Exchange) Regulations 2021.

2.           Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows -

(a)	Part 1 - on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations - on the day after that day.

Part 2— Road Traffic (Administration)

Regulations 2014 amended

3.           Regulations amended

This Part amends the Road Traffic (Administration)
Regulations 2014.

about a person; and

4.           Regulation 8A replaced

Delete regulation 8A and insert:

8A.	Authorised purposes for disclosure of information to prescribed persons
(1)	In this regulation -
department of the Public Service principally assisting Department of the Premier and Cabinet means the
the Premier; digital identity exchange means an automated system for the transfer of information including between -

(a) a person seeking verification of information

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(b) a person verifying the information mentioned in
paragraph (a);

relevant information, of a person, means the following
information in relation to the person from their permit
information, driver's licence information or vehicle

licence information -

(a)	name, including any previous names;
(b)	date of birth;
(c)	email address;
(d)	phone number;
(e)	the latest date and time that the information mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) was updated;

relying chief executive officer means a chief executive

Public Sector
officer of an agency, as defined in the verification of information about a person.

(2)	For paragraph (c) of the definition of authorised
purpose in section 14(1), the following are purposes -

(a)	in relation to the chief executive officer of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, or a nominated employee, prescribed under regulation 7(2)(q) - to verify and disclose a person's relevant information to a relying chief executive officer through a digital identity exchange;
(b)	Home Affairs of the Commonwealth, prescribed under regulation 7(2)(r) - to verify the authenticity of a driver's licence or learner's in relation to the Secretary of the Department of Verification Service.

Part 3— Western Australian Photo Card Regulations 2014 amended

5.            Regulations amended

This Part amends the Western Australian Photo Card
Regulations 2014.

6.            Regulation IOA replaced

Delete regulation 1 OA and insert:

10A.	Authorised purposes for disclosure of photo card information to prescribed persons
(1)	In this regulation—

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Department of the Premier and Cabinet means the

department of the Public Service principally assisting

the Premier;

digital identity exchange means an automated system

for the transfer of information including between —

(a)	a person seeking verification of information about a cardholder; and
(b)	a person verifying the information mentioned in paragraph (a);

relevant inprmation, of a cardholder, means the

following information —

(a)	the cardholder's information mentioned in section 13(1)(a) and (b);
(b)	information mentioned in section 13(1)(h) relating to the following —

(i)      the cardholder's email address;

(ii)    the cardholder's phone number;

(iii)    any previous names of the cardholder;

(c) the latest date and time that the information mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) was updated;

relying chief executive officer means a chief executive

officer of an agency, as defined in the Public Sector

Management Act 1994 section 3(1), seeking

verification of information about a cardholder.

(2) For paragraph (c) of the definition of authorised

purpose in section 14(1), the following are purposes —

(a)	in relation to the chief executive officer of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, or a nominated employee, prescribed under
regulation 10(2)(h) — to verify and disclose a
cardholder's relevant information to a relying
chief executive officer through a digital identity exchange;
(b)	Home Affairs of the Commonwealth, prescribed under regulation 10(2)(i) — to

in relation to the Secretary of the Department of national Document Verification Service.

V.MOLAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.