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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Information-gathering powers - Information-matching provisions

121: Customs must supply Customs' information to Registrar

You could also call this:

"Customs shares information with the Registrar to keep vehicle records accurate and up to date."

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You need to know that Customs must give the Registrar some information. The Comptroller of Customs or an authorised officer must supply this information at agreed times. The Registrar can then compare this information with what is already in the register. You will get this information if Customs and the Registrar agree on it. On or after 1 December 2020, information can only be shared under certain agreements, such as an information matching agreement or an approved information sharing agreement. This is so that information is shared safely and correctly. The Registrar uses this information to make sure everything is correct and up to date. You can find more about how this works in the Privacy Act 2020. This helps keep your information safe and private.

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Part 4Enforcement
Information-gathering powers: Information-matching provisions

121Customs must supply Customs' information to Registrar

  1. The Comptroller of Customs, or any authorised officer of Customs, must supply to the Registrar any Customs' information for the time being held by Customs at the time and at the intervals agreed to between the Comptroller and the Registrar.

  2. On receiving information from Customs under this section, the Registrar may cause a comparison of that information to be made with the information held in the register.

  3. On or after 1 December 2020, no information may be supplied under this section except under—

  4. an information matching agreement entered into under Part 10 of the Privacy Act 1993 and continued by clause 11 of Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act 2020; or
    1. an approved information sharing agreement entered into under subpart 1 of Part 7 of the Privacy Act 2020.

      Notes
      • Section 121(3): inserted, on , by section 190 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).