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(1) The Agency must continue and maintain the national register of all driver licences that was established under section 45 of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986.
(2) The national register must show for each driver licence the following information:
(a) the holder's full name, address, date of birth, place of birth (if known to the Agency), and signature:
(b) the number of the licence:
(c) the original date of issue of the licence and the date of issue of the current licence:
(d) the date of expiry of the licence:
(e) the class or classes of vehicles to which the licence applies:
(f) endorsements applying to the licence:
(g) any conditions applying to the licence:
(h) information about any order of disqualification made against the holder of the licence under this Act or any former enactment:
(i) information about any court order under this Act or any former enactment authorising the issue of a limited licence to the holder (if the holder has been disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence):
(j) information about any order removing a disqualification imposed on the holder under this Act or any former enactment:
(k) information about any suspension of any licence held by the holder or any disqualification from holding or obtaining a licence imposed on the holder under this Act or any former enactment:
(l) information about any revocation or suspension of a driver licence entitling the holder to drive a transport service vehicle, or a prohibition placed on the holder from driving any such vehicle, under Part 4A:
(m) information about any order of disqualification made against the holder under section 83 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985 or section 124 of the Sentencing Act 2002:
(n) information about any revocation or suspension under this Act or any former enactment of any driver licence held by the holder:
(o) photographic images of the holder taken for the purposes of this Act:
(p) information about demerit points recorded under this Act or any other enactment against the holder for any offence:
(q) organ donor information about the holder.
(3) The national register must also show information identifying whether a person is specifically forbidden to drive a motor vehicle or is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence.
(4) A person who applies to the Agency, pays the prescribed fee (if any), and obtains the consent of the holder of the driver licence concerned, is entitled to information about that driver licence that is referred to in subsection (2)(b).
(5) A medical practitioner is entitled (without payment of a fee) to information about any driver licence holder referred to in subsection (2)(q).
(6) A person who applies to the Agency and pays the prescribed fee (if any) is entitled to the following information stored in the national register in respect of a person named in the application:
(a) any information specified in paragraph (d) or paragraph (e) of subsection (2):
(b) any information specified in paragraphs (f) to (n) of subsection (2) that is current at the date of the application.
(7) An application under any of subsections (4) to (6)—
(a) may be made in writing or electronically or orally; and
(b) must describe the person named with sufficient particularity to enable the Agency to identify the person and the licences concerned.
(8) Information requested under any of subsections (4) to (6) may be given in writing or electronically or orally.
Compare: 1986 No 6 s 45
Section 199 heading: amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Section 199(1): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Section 199(2)(a): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Subsection (2)(c) was substituted, as from 16 January 2006, by section 82(1) Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77). See sections 96 to 100 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.
Section 199(2)(l): amended, on 1 October 2007, by section 82(2) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77).
Subsection (2)(m) was amended, as from 30 June 2002, by section 186 Sentencing Act 2002 (2002 No 9) by inserting the words “or section 124 of the Sentencing Act 2002”
after the words “Criminal Justice Act 1985”
. See sections 148 to 160 of that Act for the transitional and savings provisions. See clause 2 Sentencing Act Commencement Order 2002 (SR 2002/176).
Section 199(4): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Subsection (5) was amended, as from 18 September 2004, by section 175(1) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48) by omitting the word “registered”
. See sections 178 to 227 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.
Section 199(6): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Subsection (6)(b) was amended, as from 16 January 2006, by section 82(3) Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77) by substituting the word “application”
for the word “certificate”
. See sections 96 to 100 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.
Subsection (7) was amended, as from 16 January 2006, by section 82(4) Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77) by substituting the expression “(4)”
for the expression “(3)”
. See sections 96 to 100 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.
Section 199(7)(b): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(1) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Subsection (8) was amended, as from 16 January 2006, by section 82(5) Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77) by substituting the words “(4) to (6)”
for the words “(3) to (5)”
. See sections 96 to 100 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.