WA Driver Licence Number

Detects Western Australian driver licence numbers in the established seven-digit shape. Enforceable tiers require an explicit driver-licence-number label and WA context; the strict tier additionally requires WA transport or Driver and Vehicle Services authority evidence.

Type: regex
Engine: universal
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Medium confidence: seven-digit values are common in business records, while a driver-licence-number label and WA context support balanced classification and issuing-authority evidence supports strict classification.
Jurisdictions: au-wa
Regulations: Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Act 2008 (WA)
Frameworks: ISO 27001
Data categories: pii, government-id
Scope: specific
Risk rating: 5
Platform compatibility: Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Unsupported, Macie: Unsupported, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Unsupported, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

\b(?!0{7}\b)\d{7}\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

WA driver licence number, Western Australian driver licence number, Driver and Vehicle Services, Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

4082915 — Exact 65 discovery probe - bare seven-digit Western Australian-shaped candidate
WA driver licence number: 4082915 — Exact 75 balanced probe - labelled candidate with WA context but no authority
Driver and Vehicle Services Western Australia driver licence number: 4082915 — Exact 85 strict probe - labelled candidate with WA authority
DTMI WA driver license no. 6829415 — Strict alternate candidate with current authority acronym

Should not match

Invoice number: 4082915 — Seven-digit invoice collision has no licence label or WA context
NT driver licence number: 4082915 — Wrong-territory collision must not reach an enforceable WA tier
Transport WA vehicle account number: 4082915 — Sibling transport identifier is not a driver licence number
WA fishing licence number: 4082915 — Another licence type lacks the driver primary
Training example: WA driver licence number: 4082915 — Training fixture is excluded

Known false positives

Seven-digit invoices, customer IDs, claims, orders, and vehicle references. Mitigation: Require an explicit driver licence number label and Western Australian context.
Seven-digit licence numbers issued by other Australian jurisdictions. Mitigation: Require WA context and WA transport-authority evidence for strict classification.