Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00830:section:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00830
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 12555–15227

5  Definitions
  In this Act:
1:1 matching service means DVS or FVS.
1:many matching service means FIS.
access policy has the meaning given by section 14.
approved identity verification facility means:
 (a) the DVS hub; or
 (b) the Face Matching Service Hub; or
 (c) the NDLFRS.
data breach means an occurrence of unauthorised access to, unauthorised disclosure of or loss of identification information.
DVS has the meaning given by section 15.
Note: DVS is short for Document Verification Service, a term used in the intergovernmental agreement.
DVS document means any of the following:
 (a) a birth certificate issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory;
 (b) a death certificate issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory;
 (c) a concession card (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991);
 (d) a notice given under section 37 of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 stating that a person is an Australian citizen at a particular time;
 (e) a certificate issued by an authority of a State or Territory indicating that an individual has changed the individual's name;
 (f) a driver's licence (however described) issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory;
 (g) a document issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory to assist an individual to prove the individual's age or identity;
 (h) a document issued to an individual, as a person who is not an Australian citizen, by the Department administered by the Minister administering the Migration Act 1958 to assist the individual to prove the individual's identity;
 (i) a certificate of marriage issued by or on behalf of an authority of a State or Territory whose function it is to register marriages;
 (j) a document issued by a court setting out a divorce order made under the Family Law Act 1975;
 (k) an Australian travel document (within the meaning of the Australian Passports Act 2005);
 (l) a certificate signed by an officer (within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958) stating that, at a specified time, or during a specified period, a specified person was the holder of a visa that was in effect;
 (m) an entry in a Roll (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) relating to a particular individual;
 (n) an aviation security identification card issued under regulations made for the purposes of the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004;
 (o) an MSIC issued 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