Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00830:section:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00830
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 14985–17909

under regulations made for the purposes of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003;
 (p) a medicare card (within the meaning of subsection 84(1) of the National Health Act 1953).
DVS hub means a facility that:
 (a) is for relaying electronic communications between persons and bodies for the purposes of requesting and providing DVSs; and
 (b) is developed, operated and maintained by the Department under Part 2.
DVS information has the meaning given by section 6.
electronic communication means a communication of information, in the form of data, text or images by means of guided electromagnetic energy, unguided electromagnetic energy or both, carried by a telegraphic, telephonic or other like service within the meaning of section 51(v) of the Constitution.
entrusted person has the meaning given by section 30.
Face Matching Service Hub means a facility that:
 (a) is for relaying electronic communications between persons and bodies for the purposes of requesting and providing identity verification services; and
 (b) is developed, operated and maintained by the Department under Part 2.
face‑matching service information has the meaning given by section 6.
facial image means a digital still image of an individual's face (whether or not including the shoulders).
FIS has the meaning given by section 16.
Note: FIS is short for Face Identification Service, a term used in the intergovernmental agreement.
FVS has the meaning given by section 19.
Note: FVS is short for Face Verification Service, a term used in the intergovernmental agreement.
government authority means:
 (a) an authority of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) an authority of a State or Territory;
other than a local government authority.
government identification document means a document or other thing that:
 (a) contains identification information; and
 (b) can be used to identify an individual or to pass an individual off as someone else (whether living, dead, real or fictitious); and
 (c) is issued by or on behalf of a government authority.
identification information has the meaning given by section 6.
identity verification service means:
 (a) a 1:1 matching service; or
 (b) a 1:many matching service.
intergovernmental agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Identity Matching Services made on 5 October 2017 by the Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
Note: The intergovernmental agreement must be published on the Department's website (see section 39).
NDLFRS means a system that consists of:
 (a) a database of identification information that:
 (i) is also either contained in government identification documents issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory or associated with those documents by the authority; and
 (ii) is supplied by or on behalf of the authority to the Department by electronic communication for inclusion in the