Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The road transport authority must ensure that a photograph or signature is not disclosed by the authority to someone else except—
(a) to a police officer; or
(b) to an entity of another jurisdiction that corresponds to the road transport authority; or
(c) for a purpose in relation to the investigation of, or the conduct of, a criminal proceeding for an offence against the road transport legislation or in relation to a proof of age card; or
(d) to a court officer for the recovery of a fine (including proceedings under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 , division 3.9.2 (Enforcement of fines)); or
(e) for a photograph—to the person shown in the photograph; or
(f) for a signature—to the person who made the signature; or
(g) to a person, or for a purpose, prescribed by regulation or in accordance with another law in force in the ACT.
Note 1 The Information Privacy Principles apply to the road transport authority. Principle 11 states when personal information may be disclosed by an agency (see Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth), s 14).
Note 2 Access to photographs and signatures may be sought under the Freedom of Information Act 1989 (which also provides that certain information is exempt from disclosure).
(2) A regulation may limit the people to whom, the purposes for which, or the circumstances when, a photograph or signature may be disclosed under subsection (1) (a) to (d).
(3) In this section:
"court officer" means a person who is—
(a) the sheriff or a deputy sheriff under the Supreme Court Act 1933 , another officer of the Supreme Court or a public servant assisting the sheriff; or
(b) the registrar, a deputy registrar or a bailiff under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 or a member of the staff of the Magistrates Court assisting the registrar.
"fine"—see the Magistrates Court Act 1930 , section 146.