Legislative Council Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Answers to Questions Motor Vehicle Registration Database MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATABASE The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE Legislative Council MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATABASE In reply to the Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (1 December 2011) (First Session). The Hon. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATABASE The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): The Minister for Transport Services has been advised: Release of information from the motor vehicle register is subject to the provisions of section 139D of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 and regulation 98 of the Motor Vehicles Regulations 2010. Only persons authorised by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles have direct access to the register. There are rigid requirements to be met in this authorisation process, including the requirement to provide a National Police Clearance Certificate or equivalent. An individual member of the public may apply to the Registrar to have his or her information released to themselves or to another person/organisation (e.g. an employer or an Insurance company). A prescribed fee is set for this service. Private companies, for example private car park operators, must make application to the Magistrates Court for the release of information from the motor vehicle register. The Registrar of Motor Vehicles is compelled to release the information upon the granting of this court order. A fee is levied for each individual search conducted in this manner also. These private companies are reminded with each disclosure from the register, that information released to them is to be used only for the purpose it was obtained for.