Land Search Law Change Set to Draw on New Vehicle Registration Search Regime
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The Transport Department introduced a new vehicle registration search mechanism in January 2024, and in the 34 months since, it has accepted only one "exceptional circumstances" application. The government, which plans to tighten land search arrangements through a legal amendment, has said it drew on that mechanism. The report noted that land searches generally exceed 5 million a year; the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has received 20 complaints about misuse of land register information in the past 5 years, most of which were not substantiated, and the office has opened investigations into 2 of them.
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- 明報·每日港聞Land Search Law Change Draws on Transport Department's New Vehicle Registration Mark Search Regime, With Only 1 'Exceptional' Application Approved in 34 Months
The Transport Department introduced a new vehicle registration mark search regime in January 2024, and in the 34 months since, only 1 'exceptional circumstances' application has been accepted. The government, when planning to tighten land search arrangements by amending the law, said it had drawn on that regime, while land searches generally exceed 5 million a year; the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has received 20 complaints over the past 5 years about abuse of land register information, most of which were not substantiated, and the office has opened investigations into 2.
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