Commonwealth Numbered Acts

IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICES ACT 2023 (NO. 115, 2023) - SECT 3

                   The objects of this Act are:

                     (a)  to authorise the Department to develop, operate and maintain the 3 approved identity verification facilities (the DVS hub, the Face Matching Service Hub and the NDLFRS); and

                     (b)  to authorise the Department (but not other persons or bodies) to collect, use and disclose identification information communicated to an approved identity verification facility, or generated using the NDLFRS, for purposes relating to:

                              (i)  verifying the identity of an individual using a DVS or FVS; or

                             (ii)  protecting a shielded person or someone else associated with a shielded person using an FVS or FIS; or

                            (iii)  the NDLFRS; and

                     (c)  to protect identification information communicated to approved identity verification facilities, and certain other information relating to the use or security of those facilities, from unauthorised recording, disclosure or access by certain persons who do work for the Department; and

                     (d)  to provide for oversight and scrutiny of the operation and management of the approved identity verification facilities.

Note:          The objects in paragraphs 3(a), (b) and (d) are authorised and provided for by Parts 2, 3 and 5. In accordance with the object in paragraph 3(c), Part 4 prohibits the use or disclosure of, or access to, identification information, unless it is in accordance with the objects of this Act or in other limited circumstances.