[no bill text published] Protection from Device Seizure for Using Digital Driver Licences
Motor Vehicles Legislation Amendment (Digital Licences) Bill 2026
Assembly
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Registrar must issue driver licences and vehicle registration certificates in approved forms; these can be physical or digital.
Drivers can use a mobile phone to show a digital licence to police without committing an offence.
Drivers do not have to hand over their phone or electronic device to an officer to show their digital licence.
Police and inspectors cannot seize a phone or device just because it stores a digital licence.
Officers can order a person to delete a digital licence from their device if the officer believes the document is fraudulent.
It is a criminal offence to ignore an officer's direction to remove a digital licence from a device; this carries a fine or up to 12 months in prison.
People must delete digital licences from all devices if they are required by law to surrender their licence.
Topics
digital identity driver licences electronic documents police powers transport vehicle registration