Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 9

9 .         Exchange of information between Director General and other authorities

        (1)         In this section —

        infringement notice has the meaning given in section 104(1);

        relevant authority means —

            (a)         an Australian driver licensing authority; or

            (b)         an external licensing authority; or

            (c)         a person whose functions under the law of another jurisdiction correspond or substantially correspond to a function of the Director General under this Act; or

            (d)         a person prescribed, or of a class prescribed, by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

        (2)         The Director General may disclose the following information to a relevant authority if the Director General considers that the information is required by the relevant authority for the purposes of performing its functions —

            (a)         driver’s licence information;

            (b)         permit information;

            (c)         vehicle licence information;

            (d)         optional plates information;

            (e)         demerit points information;

            (f)         instructor information.

        (3)         The disclosure of information under subsection (2) is to be free of charge.

        (4)         If information disclosed under subsection (2) includes information about an offence of which a person has been convicted or for which a person has been given an infringement notice, the Director General must also disclose to the relevant authority —

            (a)         any quashing of the conviction; or

            (b)         any withdrawal of the infringement notice or the matter coming before a court for determination; or

            (c)         any withdrawal of proceedings under the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994 Part 3 in respect of the infringement notice; or

            (d)         anything else known to the Director General concerning the offence, the disclosure of which is likely to be favourable to that person.

        (5)         The Director General may seek from a relevant authority any information that the Director General considers is required for the purposes of performing the Director General’s functions under this Act.

        (6)         The Director General may, for the purposes of performing the Director General’s functions under this Act, use information obtained from a relevant authority.

        [Section 9 inserted by No. 18 of 2011 s. 6.]