Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Information-gathering powers - Information-matching provisions

123: Registrar of Motor Vehicles must supply vehicle registration information to Registrar

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"Registrar must share vehicle registration details with another office"

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The Registrar of Motor Vehicles must give the Registrar information about vehicle registrations. This information is held under Part 17 of the Land Transport Act 1998. You can read more about this act on the New Zealand legislation website https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM2214226. When the Registrar gets this information, they can compare it with the information they already have. The Registrar of Motor Vehicles and the Registrar agree on when and how often this information is shared. From 1 December 2020, information can only be shared under certain agreements, such as an information matching agreement under Part 10 of the Privacy Act 1993 https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM297914 or an approved information sharing agreement under subpart 1 of Part 7 of the Privacy Act 2020 https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS23595

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

123Registrar of Motor Vehicles must supply vehicle registration information to Registrar

  1. The Registrar of Motor Vehicles, or any person authorised by that Registrar, must supply to the Registrar any vehicle registration information for the time being held under Part 17 of the Land Transport Act 1998 at the time and at the intervals agreed between the Registrar of Motor Vehicles and the Registrar.

  2. On receiving information from the Registrar of Motor Vehicles 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 123: substituted, on , by section 35(4) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).
      • Section 123(3): inserted, on , by section 190 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).