New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR DEALERS ACT 1974 - SECT 45A

45A Provision of information

(1) It is the duty of an officer of a relevant authority in charge of any record or information, access to which by the Director-General is reasonably necessary for the proper exercise of any function of the Director-General under this Act relating to licensing, disciplinary proceedings, investigations or law enforcement, to supply that record or information to the Director-General on request.

(2) An officer of a relevant authority is authorised by this section to supply that record or information.

(3) It is the duty of the Director-General to supply to the Commissioner of Police, or any police officer or member of the NSW Police Force who is authorised by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section, the information relating to licences and other matters that is reasonably necessary for the performance by police officers of their law enforcement duties.

(4) The Director-General may, in accordance with an agreement approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection and entered into with an authority of this State or another State or Territory or the Commonwealth, supply to that authority a record or information provided to the Director-General under this section.

(5) The Minister may approve an agreement for the purposes of subsection (4) only if it relates to one or more of the following:

(a) offences, or the regulation of conduct, relating to motor vehicles or motor vehicle dealing,

(b) law enforcement by an authority of another State or Territory or of the Commonwealth.

(6) This section does not apply to the supply of a record or information to which the Criminal Records Act 1991 applies.

(7) In this section:
"relevant authority" means:

(a) the NSW Police Force, or

(b) Roads and Maritime Services, or

(c) any other authority prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.