Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 192A

In this Division—

"identification documentation" means a document or other thing that—

        (a)     contains or incorporates identification information; and

        (b)     is capable of being used by a person for the purpose of pretending to be, or passing themself off as, another person (whether living or dead, or real or fictitious);

"identification information" means information relating to a person (whether living or dead, or real or fictitious) that is capable of being used (whether alone or in conjunction with other information) to identify, or purportedly identify, the person, being information such as—

        (a)     a name, address, date of birth or place of birth;

        (b)     information as to the person's marital status;

        (c)     information that identifies another person as a relative of the person;

        (d)     a driver licence or driver licence number;

        (e)     a passport or passport number;

        (f)     biometric data;

        (g)     a voice print;

        (h)     a credit or debit card, its number or data stored or encrypted on it;

              (i)     a financial account number, user name or password;

        (j)     a digital signature;

        (k)     a series of numbers or letters (or both) intended for use as a means of personal identification;

        (l)     an Australian Business Number within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.

S. 192B inserted by No. 22/2009 s. 3.