Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 No 119
Current version for 6 July 2012 to date (accessed 19 May 2013 at 23:34)

16T   Unauthorised disclosure of information

A person must not disclose any information obtained in connection with the administration or execution of this Part, except:
(a)  in connection with the administration or execution of this Act or the regulations, or
(b)  for the purposes of Austroads administering a national database of written-off vehicles and information about them and allowing driver licensing and vehicle registration authorities in the other States and Territories to have access to the information in the national database, or
(c)  for the purposes of any legal proceedings arising out of this Act or the regulations or of any report of such proceedings, or
(d)  to the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Authority constituted under the Motor Vehicle Repairs Act 1980 for the purposes of any disciplinary or legal proceedings arising out of that Act or the regulations under that Act, or
(d1)  to Transport for NSW for the purpose of assisting Transport for NSW to exercise its functions, or
(e)  in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

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