6Role of government and private
bodies
(1)
When an assumed identity approval has been
granted, the chief executive officer of the authorised agency concerned may
request a government body or private body to do any of the following:
(a)
prepare and provide in respect of the officer to
whom the approval applies specified evidence of identity under the assumed
identity (being evidence of identity of a kind that is ordinarily provided by
the government body or private body),
(b)
make an entry in respect of the officer to whom
the approval applies under the assumed identity in any register or other
record of information kept by the government body or private body (such as
that relevant to the issue of a driver licence, credit card or identity card
or to the recording of driving or credit history).
(2)
A government body is authorised and required to
comply with a request made to it under this section. A private body is
authorised (but not required) to comply with a request made to it under this
section.
(3)
For the purpose of complying with a request under
this section, the officer in charge of a government body or private body, and
any other officer or employee of the government body or private body acting in
accordance with the directions of the officer in charge, is authorised to
provide evidence of identity and make an entry in a register or other record
of information in accordance with the request.
(4)
A certificate given or apparently given by the
chief executive officer of an authorised agency certifying that a request made
to a government body or private body is authorised by this section may be
relied on by the officer in charge and any other officer or employee of the
government body or private body as evidence of the matters
certified.
(5)
On being directed by the chief executive officer
of an authorised agency to cancel an assumed identity, the officer in charge
of a government body or private body, and any other officer or employee of the
government body or private body acting in accordance with the directions of
the officer in charge, is authorised and required to cancel any evidence of
identity or entry in a register or other record of information provided or
made in respect of the assumed identity.
(6)
This section does not authorise the making or
cancellation of an entry in a register of births or marriages except in
accordance with an order under section 7.
s 6: Am 2000 No 93,
Sch 2.26.