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ROAD SAFETY ACT 1986 - SECT 90K

Authorised use or disclosure

Subject to section 90N, the Secretary or a relevant person may use or disclose relevant information—

        (a)     for the purpose of—

S. 90K(a)(i) amended by No. 49/2019 s. 116(Sch.  1 item 199).

              (i)     the following functions and activities when performed by the Secretary or a relevant person—

    (A)     the administration of this Act or the regulations; or

S. 90K(a)(i)(B) repealed by No. 5/2016 s. 33(a).

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    (C)     providing information of community interest or benefit; or

              (ii)     a vehicle recall procedure being conducted in relation to a possible safety-related defect in a vehicle or a class of vehicles; or

              (iii)     research, or the compilation or analysis of statistics, conducted in the public interest, other than for publication in a form that identifies an individual or from which an individual's identity can be reasonably ascertained; or

              (iv)     the exercise of a power or the performance of a function under transport legislation; or

S. 90K(a)(iva) inserted by No. 49/2019 s. 124.

        (iva)     administering the accessible parking permit scheme, including—

    (A)     facilitating the assessment of whether a person is entitled to be issued a parking permit for people with disabilities; and

    (B)     facilitating the issue of parking permits for people with disabilities by municipal councils; and

    (C)     maintaining a record of persons who have been issued a parking permit for people with disabilities; and

    (D)     enabling any law enforcement agency to determine whether a person is using a valid parking permit for people with disabilities which that person is entitled to use; or

S. 90K(a)(v) substituted by No. 5/2016 s. 33(b).

              (v)     any legal proceeding—

    (A)     arising out of this Act, the regulations or any other transport legislation; or

    (B)     that otherwise relates to the performance of a road management function within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 or to damage to infrastructure within the meaning of that Act resulting from a road accident

including anything done for the purposes of commencing any such proceeding or providing a report of any such proceeding; or

              (vi)     giving effect to an intergovernmental agreement; or

        (b)     if the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary to lessen or prevent a serious threat to—

              (i)     an individual's life, health, safety or welfare; or

              (ii)     public health, safety or welfare; or

              (iii)     the environment—

whether in or outside Victoria; or

        (c)     for the purpose of dealing with exceptional circumstances in accordance with section 90L; or

        (d)     with the consent of—

              (i)     the individual to whom the information relates; or

              (ii)     the authorised representative of that individual; or

        (e)     to a not-for-profit organisation to assist the organisation—

              (i)     to locate a missing person; or

              (ii)     to facilitate the reunion of members of a family or friends—

for non-commercial, humanitarian purposes; or

S. 90K(f) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 147.48).

        (f)     to a police officer to assist Victoria Police—

              (i)     to locate a missing person; or

              (ii)     to locate the next of kin of an individual who has suffered injury or death; or

              (iii)     to conduct a check on the wellbeing of an individual; or

        (g)     for the purposes of one or more of the following functions and activities when undertaken by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency—

              (i)     the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of offences of any kind;

              (ii)     the enforcement of laws relating to the confiscation of the proceeds of crime;

              (iii)     the preparation for, or conduct of, proceedings before any court or enforcement of the orders of a court;

              (iv)     the protection of public revenue;

              (v)     the enforcement of infringement penalties (by whatever name they are known in the relevant jurisdiction); or

S. 90K(h) amended by No. 55/2017 s. 52.

        (h)     if the relevant information is used or disclosed in the course of using or disclosing information as authorised by Part 8.8A of the Marine Safety Act 2010 ; or

              (i)     if the use or disclosure is otherwise required or authorised by law.

S. 90L inserted by No. 55/2013 s. 7.



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