Division 1Enrolment
32Compulsory enrolment:
obligation to enrol and keep enrolment details updated
(1)
Every person who:
(a)
has attained the age of 18 years,
and
(b)
is not enrolled, and
(c)
is entitled to be enrolled (other than under
section 30 (2)),
must, within 21 days of becoming entitled to be
enrolled, complete and lodge an application for enrolment in the approved
manner and form, unless the person has been notified by the Electoral
Commissioner that the person has been enrolled by the Electoral
Commissioner.
Maximum penalty: 1 penalty
unit.
Note—
In many circumstances, a person will be
automatically enrolled by the Electoral Commissioner under section
34.
(2)
If a person (including a silent elector):
(a)
is enrolled, and
(b)
changes residence from the person’s
enrolled address to another address in New South
Wales,
the person must, within 21 days of becoming entitled to
be enrolled in respect of the other address, complete and lodge an application
for a change of address in the approved manner and form, unless the person has
been notified by the Electoral Commissioner that the elector’s enrolment
details have been changed.
Maximum penalty: 1 penalty
unit.
Note—
In many circumstances, an elector’s
enrolment details will be automatically updated by the Electoral Commissioner
under section 34.
(3)
Every person who:
(a)
has not attained the age of 18 years,
and
(b)
is entitled to be enrolled,
and
(c)
is not enrolled,
may complete and lodge an application for enrolment in
the approved manner and form.
Note—
A person who has attained 16 years of age, is an
Australian citizen and resides at an address in New South Wales is entitled to
be enrolled in respect of that address—see section 30. However, the
person is not entitled to vote until the person is 18 years of age—see
section 31.
(4)
An application for enrolment under subsection (1)
or (3) or for a change of address under subsection (2) must be supported by
the evidence of the applicant’s identity that is required by the
regulations (if any).
(5)
If a person:
(a)
lodges an application for enrolment, or an
application for a change of address, to the Electoral Commissioner,
or
(b)
forwards a claim for enrolment, or a claim for a
transfer of enrolment, to the Australian Electoral
Commission,
proceedings are not to be commenced against that person
for any alleged offence against this section committed before the person
lodged the application or forwarded the claim.
(6)
If a person wishes to make an application for
enrolment, or an application for a change of address, and a registered medical
practitioner has certified, in writing, that the person cannot physically sign
the application, another person may, on behalf of the person, complete and
lodge the application in accordance with the directions of the
person.
(7)
A registered medical practitioner’s
certificate referred to in subsection (6) is to be lodged with the application
to which it relates.
s 32: Sec
27
33Means of
enrolment
(1)
The Electoral Commissioner may enrol a
person:
(a)
on the Electoral Commissioner’s own
initiative under section 34, or
(b)
in response to an application for enrolment under
section 35.
(2)
The Electoral Commissioner may change an
elector’s enrolment details to record a change of address:
(a)
on the Electoral Commissioner’s own
initiative under section 34, or
(b)
in response to an application for a change of
address under section 35.
s 33: Sec
28
34Enrolment by Electoral
Commissioner on Electoral Commissioner’s
initiative
(1)
If the Electoral Commissioner, at any time,
believes that a person who is not enrolled is entitled to be enrolled, the
Electoral Commissioner may notify the person concerned in writing (including
by email, SMS text message or other electronic means) that:
(a)
the Electoral Commissioner believes that the
person should be enrolled, and
(b)
the Electoral Commissioner will enrol the person
unless the person, within the period specified in the notice (being not less
than 7 days), notifies the Electoral Commissioner that the Electoral
Commissioner’s belief is incorrect (and gives the reasons why that is
so).
(2)
If no notification is made by the person under
subsection (1) (b) within the specified period or, despite any such
notification made within that period, the Electoral Commissioner still
believes that the person is entitled to be enrolled, the Electoral
Commissioner is to:
(a)
enrol the person, and
(b)
notify the person in writing (including by email,
SMS text message or other electronic means) that he or she has been
enrolled.
(3)
If the Electoral Commissioner, at any time,
believes that a person is incorrectly enrolled in respect of an address (the
first
address), but that the person is entitled to be enrolled in
respect of another address (the second
address), the Electoral Commissioner may notify the person
concerned in writing (including by email, SMS text message or other electronic
means) that:
(a)
the Electoral Commissioner believes that the
person should not be enrolled in respect of the first address, but should be
enrolled in respect of the second address, and
(b)
the Electoral Commissioner will change the
person’s enrolment details unless the person, within the period
specified in the notice (being not less than 7 days), notifies the Electoral
Commissioner that the Electoral Commissioner’s belief is incorrect (and
gives the reasons why that is so).
(4)
If no notification is made by the person under
subsection (3) (b) within the specified period or, despite any such
notification made within that period, the Electoral Commissioner still
believes that the person is incorrectly enrolled in respect of the first
address, but is entitled to be enrolled in respect of the second address, the
Electoral Commissioner is to:
(a)
change the person’s enrolment details to
record the second address as the person’s enrolled address,
and
(b)
notify the person in writing (including by email,
SMS text message or other electronic means) that the person’s enrolment
details have been so changed.
(5)
If the Electoral Commissioner, at any time,
believes that a person who is enrolled is not entitled to be enrolled, the
Electoral Commissioner may notify the person concerned in writing (including
by email, SMS text message or other electronic means) that:
(a)
the Electoral Commissioner believes that the
person should not be enrolled, and
(b)
the Electoral Commissioner will terminate the
person’s enrolment unless the person, within the period specified in the
notice (being not less than 7 days), notifies the Electoral Commissioner that
the Electoral Commissioner’s belief is incorrect (and gives the reasons
why that is so).
(6)
If no notification is made by the person under
subsection (5) (b) within the specified period or, despite any such
notification made within that period, the Electoral Commissioner still
believes that the person is not entitled to be enrolled, the Electoral
Commissioner is to:
(a)
terminate the person’s enrolment,
and
(b)
notify the person in writing (including by email,
SMS text message or other electronic means) that his or her enrolment has been
terminated.
(7)
The Electoral Commissioner may exercise the
functions under subsections (1)–(6) on the Electoral
Commissioner’s own initiative.
(8)
Without limiting subsections (1)–(6), the
Electoral Commissioner may form a belief by:
(a)
consulting electoral enrolment details on any
roll kept under the Commonwealth Act, and
(b)
consulting and using information collected under
Division 5.
Note—
The Electoral Commissioner may use information
collected under Division 5, from bodies such as Roads and Maritime Services
and the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, to enrol persons or update
their enrolment details.
(9)
Nothing in this section prevents the Electoral
Commissioner enrolling a person during the period of any election, including
after the issue of the writ for the election.
Note—
If a person has been enrolled by the Electoral
Commissioner under this section and the person believes that the person is not
entitled to be so enrolled or is enrolled in relation to an incorrect address,
the person may complain to the Electoral Commissioner regarding the
person’s own enrolment under section 38.
Alternatively, if the person is entitled to be
enrolled in relation to another address, the person could simply complete and
lodge an application for enrolment or an application for a change of
address.
s 34: Sec
29
35Enrolment by Electoral
Commissioner in response to application
(1)
The Electoral Commissioner, on receiving an
application for enrolment, subject to subsection (6), must:
(a)
if the application is in order and the Electoral
Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be
enrolled:
(i)
enrol the person, and
(ii)
notify the person in writing that he or she has
been enrolled, and
(b)
in a case where the person is already correctly
enrolled—notify the person in writing that, in the Electoral
Commissioner’s opinion, the person’s existing enrolment is
correct, and
(c)
if the application is not in order or the
Electoral Commissioner is not satisfied that the person is entitled to be
enrolled—notify the person in writing that his or her application has
been rejected.
(2)
The Electoral Commissioner, on receiving an
application for a change of address, subject to subsection (6), must:
(a)
if the application is in order and the Electoral
Commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be enrolled in
respect of the new address specified in the application:
(i)
change the person’s enrolment details to
record the person’s new address as the person’s enrolled address,
and
(ii)
notify the person in writing that the
person’s enrolment details have been so changed,
and
(b)
in a case where the person is already correctly
enrolled—notify the person in writing that, in the Electoral
Commissioner’s opinion, the person’s existing enrolment details
are correct, and
(c)
if the application is not in order or the
Electoral Commissioner is not satisfied that the person is entitled to be
enrolled—notify the person in writing that his or her application has
been rejected.
(3)
A notification in writing by the Electoral
Commissioner under this section may be made by email, SMS text message or
other electronic means if the applicant has consented in the application to
communication by that means.
(4)
A notice of a decision given to a person by the
Electoral Commissioner under subsection (1) (b) or (c) or (2) (b) or (c) is to
include:
(a)
a statement of the reasons for the decision,
and
(b)
a statement advising the person that:
(i)
the person is entitled to make a complaint to the
Electoral Commissioner regarding the enrolment of the person or the failure to
enrol the person, and
(ii)
if the person is dissatisfied by the handling of
that complaint, the person may apply to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal
for an administrative review of the decision of the Electoral Commissioner
regarding the complaint.
(5)
Nothing in this section prevents the Electoral
Commissioner enrolling a person during the period of any election, including
after the issue of the writ for the election.
(6)
The regulations may make provision for or with
respect to the giving of notice by the Electoral Commissioner to an elector of
his or her enrolment.
s 35: Sec
30
36Silent electors: request for
address to be omitted from authorised rolls or any other list of
electors
(1)
A person may lodge a request in the approved form
that the person’s residential address be omitted from any authorised
roll or list of electors if the person considers that having that address on a
roll or list of electors places or would place the personal safety of the
person or of members of the person’s family at
risk.
(2)
A request must:
(a)
give particulars of the relevant risk,
and
(b)
be verified by statutory declaration by the
person making the request.
(3)
If the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that
having the residential address of the person making the request on an
authorised roll or a list of electors places or would place the personal
safety of the person or of members of the person’s family at risk, the
Electoral Commissioner must ensure that the address of the person is omitted
from any such roll or list.
(4)
The Electoral Commissioner must notify the person
in writing (including by email, SMS text message or other electronic means if
the person has requested or consented to notification by that method) of a
decision to grant or refuse a request made by a person under subsection
(1).
(5)
If a person’s address has been excluded or
omitted from a roll kept under the Commonwealth Act by operation of section
104 of that Act:
(a)
the Electoral Commissioner must ensure that the
address of the person is omitted from any authorised roll or list of electors
prepared under this Act, and
(b)
the person is taken to be a silent elector under
this Act.
s 36: Sec
31
37Registered early
voters
(1)
An elector may apply to the Electoral
Commissioner to be a registered early voter if:
(a)
the elector’s residence is not within 20
kilometres, by the nearest practicable route, of a voting centre,
or
(b)
by reason of being seriously ill or infirm, the
elector is unable to travel from the place where he or she resides (other than
a hospital that is a voting centre), or
(c)
because he or she will be at a place (other than
a hospital that is a voting centre) caring for a person who is seriously ill
or infirm, the elector is unable to travel from that place to a voting centre,
or
(d)
the elector is enrolled pursuant to an
application made under section 32 (6) (which contemplates the provision of a
registered medical practitioner’s certificate), or
(e)
a registered medical practitioner has certified
that the elector cannot physically sign the elector’s name,
or
(f)
the elector is a silent elector,
or
(g)
the elector is a person with a disability (within
the meaning of the Anti-Discrimination Act
1977), or
(h)
because of his or her religious beliefs or
membership of a religious order, the elector:
(i)
is precluded from attending a voting centre,
or
(ii)
for the greater part of the hours of voting on an
election day, is precluded from attending a voting
centre.
(2)
An application is to be made in the manner and
form approved by the Electoral Commissioner and is to specify which of the 2
classes of registered early voter the elector is applying to belong to:
(a)
the registered early voter (postal)
class—being the class of registered early voters who may early vote at
elections by post, or
(b)
the registered early voter (technology assisted
voting) class—being the class of registered early voters who may early
vote at elections by means of technology assisted
voting.
(3)
The Electoral Commissioner:
(a)
may accept or reject an application under this
section to grant the elector registered early voter status,
and
(b)
if the application is accepted, must specify the
class of registered early voter that the elector has been granted,
and
(c)
must advise the person in writing of the
Electoral Commissioner’s decision under this
subsection.
(4)
An application may be made under subsection (1)
(d) or (e) by another person acting on behalf of the elector if a registered
medical practitioner has certified, in writing, that the elector cannot
physically sign the elector’s name.
(5)
A certificate referred to in subsection (1) (d)
or (e) or (4) is to be lodged with the application to which it
relates.
(6)
The Electoral Commissioner may withdraw
registered early voter status from an elector if the Electoral Commissioner is
satisfied that the elector is no longer an elector of a kind described in
subsection (1).
(7)
An elector who is a registered general postal
voter under the Commonwealth Act is, unless the elector is a registered early
voter (technology assisted voting), taken to be a registered early voter
(postal).
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114AA
Division 5Collection of electoral
information
44Collection and maintenance of
electoral information
(1)
The Electoral Commissioner is:
(a)
to collect such information (electoral
information) as the Electoral Commissioner considers
necessary for the maintenance and revision of the Electoral Information
Register, and
(b)
to maintain and regularly revise that electoral
information.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), the Electoral
Commissioner may collect personal information (including a person’s
telephone and email contact details and any other information or code used to
identify a person) relating to a person for the purposes of determining the
following:
(a)
whether the address for which the person is
enrolled is the person’s real residence,
(b)
if the person is not enrolled—whether the
person is entitled to be enrolled for any district.
(3)
The Electoral Commissioner (and officers acting
under the direction of the Electoral Commissioner) are exempt from any
requirements of the Privacy and Personal Information
Protection Act 1998 relating to the collection, use or
disclosure of personal information to the extent that personal information is
collected, used or disclosed for the purposes of or in connection with this
section.
(4)
In this section, personal
information has the same meaning as it has in the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act
1998.
s 44: Sec
46
45Persons who are to provide
information
(1)
The Electoral Commissioner may, by notice in
writing, require any of the following persons, within the time and in the
manner and form specified in the notice, to provide the information requested
in the notice, being information that in the opinion of the Electoral
Commissioner is required in connection with the maintenance and revision of
the Electoral Information Register:
(a)
a person employed in the government sector
(within the meaning of section 3 of the Government Sector
Employment Act 2013),
(b)
a police officer,
(c)
a member of staff of a council within the meaning
of the Local Government Act
1993,
(d)
Sydney Water Corporation,
(e)
Hunter Water Corporation,
(f)
a distributor within the meaning of the Electricity Supply Act
1995,
(g)
a university established or constituted by an Act
of New South Wales,
(h)
an enrolled person or person entitled to be
enrolled.
(2)
It is the duty of a person referred to in
subsection (1) to comply with a notice under this
section.
(3)
Without limiting subsection (1), the Electoral
Commissioner may request:
(a)
information of a kind required by the Electoral
Commissioner for any purpose relating to the enrolment of electors,
or
(b)
such information as is required to enable the
Electoral Commissioner to detect:
(i)
persons or classes of persons who may be
incorrectly enrolled, or
(ii)
persons or classes of persons (whether of
particular ages or otherwise) who may be entitled to enrolment,
or
(iii)
persons who, being 16 years but not 18 years of
age, may be entitled to make applications to be enrolled,
or
(iv)
other persons or classes of persons who may be
affected by this Part or regulations made for the purposes of this
Part.
(4)
The regulations may make provision for or with
respect to the collection of information by persons referred to in subsection
(1) (a)–(c) on behalf of the Electoral Commissioner.
Note—
For example, a regulation may provide that Roads
and Maritime Services in its application forms is to collect information such
as mobile phone numbers and email addresses for the purposes of notifying
electors under section 34.
(5)
The Privacy and
Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act
2002 do not apply in relation to the disclosure of
personal information or health information to the extent that the information
is provided under this section to the Electoral
Commissioner.
(6)
The Electoral Commissioner and officers acting
under the direction of the Electoral Commissioner are exempt from any
requirements of the Privacy and Personal Information
Protection Act 1998 and the Health
Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 relating to the
collection, use or disclosure of personal information or health information to
the extent that the information is provided under this
section.
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Division 7Inspection of authorised rolls
and lists of enrolled persons and provision of enrolment
information
Note—
Section 222 (Election information) provides that,
after an election, the Electoral Commissioner may provide registered parties
and members of Parliament (who are not members of a registered party) with
certain election information setting out the names and addresses of electors
who voted and the methods of voting used and the places at which electors
voted.
48Electoral Commissioner to
determine manner and form of access to list of electors and enrolment
information
(1)
The Electoral Commissioner may determine the
manner and form in which information is to be provided under this
Division.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), the Electoral
Commissioner may determine that the information is to be provided in a written
or an electronic form.
(3)
Information provided under this Division must not
contain:
(a)
particulars of a silent elector’s
residence, or
(b)
any particulars relating to an enrolled person as
may be prescribed by the regulations.
Note—
Section 36 (Silent electors: request for address
to be omitted from authorised rolls or any other list of electors) provides
for the omission of the address of an elector from an authorised roll or list
of electors in certain circumstances.
(4)
Despite any other provision of this Division, the
Electoral Commissioner may, before providing a person or body with information
under this Division, require that the person or body provide the Electoral
Commissioner with an undertaking that the person or body’s systems and
procedures are adequate to preserve the security of that
information.
(5)
A reference in this section to information being
provided includes a reference to:
(a)
a copy of an authorised roll being made available
for public inspection, and
(b)
a copy of an authorised roll or a list of
electors being given to a person or body.
s 48: Sec
38
49Provision of enrolment
information to parties, members and candidates
(1)Registered
parties
The Electoral Commissioner must provide to each
registered party, free of charge, a list specifying enrolled persons and their
particulars:
(a)
once every 4 years, and
(b)
as soon as practicable after the redistribution
of New South Wales into districts, and
(c)
on receiving a request from the registered
officer of the party, and
(d)
at such other times as the Electoral Commissioner
considers appropriate.
(2)Members of
Council
The Electoral Commissioner must provide to each
member of the Council, free of charge, a list specifying enrolled persons and
their particulars:
(a)
once every 4 years, and
(b)
as soon as practicable after the redistribution
of New South Wales into districts, and
(c)
on receiving a request from the member but not
more than once each year, and
(d)
at such other times as the Electoral Commissioner
considers appropriate.
(3)Members of
Assembly
The Electoral Commissioner must provide to each
member of the Assembly, free of charge, a list specifying enrolled persons and
their particulars for the district for which the member was elected:
(a)
once every 4 years, and
(b)
as soon as practicable after the redistribution
of New South Wales into districts, and
(c)
on receiving a request from the member but not
more than once each year, and
(d)
at such other times as the Electoral Commissioner
considers appropriate.
(4)
On a redistribution of New South Wales into
districts, the Electoral Commissioner must provide to each member of the
Assembly, free of charge:
(a)
a list specifying enrolled persons for the
district for which the member was elected, and
(b)
a list specifying enrolled persons for the
district whose name and area are published under section 29 and that, in the
opinion of the Commissioner, most resembles the district for which the member
was elected,
and their particulars:
(c)
as soon as practicable after the redistribution,
and
(d)
on receiving a request from the member but not
more than once each year.
(5)
At the request of a member of the Assembly but
not more than 6 times each year, the Electoral Commissioner must provide to
the member, free of charge:
(a)
a list specifying persons whose enrolled
addresses were in the district represented by the member immediately before a
list was last provided under this subsection but are no longer in that
district, and
(b)
a list specifying persons whose enrolled
addresses were not in the district represented by the member immediately
before a list was last provided under this subsection but are now in that
district,
and their particulars.
(6)Candidates for
Council
At the request of any candidate for a periodic
Council election, the Electoral Commissioner must provide to the candidate,
free of charge, a list of electors and their particulars in a form determined
by the Commissioner.
(7)Candidates for
Assembly
At the request of any candidate for an Assembly
general election or by-election, the Electoral Commissioner must provide to
the candidate, free of charge, a list of electors for the district for which
the candidate is seeking election and their particulars in a form determined
by the Commissioner.
(8)
The Electoral Commissioner is taken to have
provided a member or candidate who is a member of a registered party with the
list of electors and particulars required by this section if the Electoral
Commissioner has provided the required list and particulars to the member or
candidate’s registered party in accordance with subsection (1) (a) or
(b).
(9)
Nothing in subsection (8) prevents a member or
candidate who is a member of a registered party requesting a list of electors
and particulars be provided directly to the member or candidate under
subsection (2) (c), (3) (c), (6) or (7).
(10)
A member or candidate who is a member of a
registered party, when making a request for a list of electors and particulars
under this section, may request that the list and particulars be provided to
that registered party for forwarding to the member or
candidate.
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40
50Provision of enrolment
information to other persons
(1)
After receiving a request from any person not
referred to in section 49 for a list of enrolled persons and their
particulars, the Electoral Commissioner must:
(a)
identify the public interest in providing the
requested information, and
(b)
make a finding on whether or not the public
interest in providing the requested information outweighs the public interest
in protecting the privacy of personal information in the particular
circumstances.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), if the Electoral
Commissioner has made a finding under subsection (1) that the public interest
in providing the requested information outweighs the public interest in
protecting the privacy of personal information, the Commissioner may:
(a)
provide to the person a list specifying enrolled
persons and particulars that, in the opinion of the Electoral Commissioner,
are relevant to the person’s request, and
(b)
charge a fee that covers the cost to the
Electoral Commissioner of providing the list.
(3)
The Electoral Commissioner must obtain from the
person to be provided with information under this section an undertaking that
the person will:
(a)
only use the information for the purpose for
which the Electoral Commissioner agreed to provide the information,
and
(b)
not copy the information or give it to any other
person, and
(c)
return the information to the Electoral
Commissioner or destroy the information after using it for the purpose for
which the Electoral Commissioner agreed to provide the
information.
(4)
A person must not, without reasonable excuse,
refuse or fail to comply with such an undertaking.
Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty
units.
(5)
If the Electoral Commissioner provides enrolment
information under this section:
(a)
to a person who conducts medical research,
or
(b)
to a person who provides a health screening
program,
the Electoral Commissioner may include in the enrolment
information the age ranges and sex of enrolled persons in a form determined by
the Electoral Commissioner.
(6)
The Electoral Commissioner must publish any
finding made under subsection (1) and the reasons for that finding on the
Electoral Commission’s website.
(7)
A summary of any findings made under subsection
(1) and the reasons for each of them during a year must be included in the
annual report of the Electoral Commission relating to that
year.
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41
51Use of enrolment
information
(1)
A registered party or other person must not use
enrolment information that is provided by the Electoral Commissioner under
section 49 except for a purpose that is a permitted purpose in relation to the
party or person to whom the information was provided.
Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty
units.
(2)
The permitted purposes in relation to a
registered party or a candidate are:
(a)
any purpose in connection with an election,
and
(b)
monitoring the accuracy of enrolment information
kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner, and
(c)
any purpose prescribed by the
regulations,
but do not include any purpose prescribed by the
regulations as an excluded purpose.
(3)
The permitted purposes in relation to a member of
the Council are:
(a)
any purpose in connection with an election,
and
(b)
monitoring the accuracy of enrolment information
kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner, and
(c)
exercising the functions of a member in relation
to an elector.
(4)
The permitted purposes in relation to a member of
the Assembly are:
(a)
any purpose in connection with an election,
and
(b)
monitoring the accuracy of enrolment information
kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner, and
(c)
exercising the functions of a member in relation
to the member’s constituents.
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42
52Prohibition of disclosure or
commercial use of enrolment information
(1)
A person must not disclose protected information
unless the disclosure would be a use of the information for a permitted
purpose under section 51.
(2)
A person must not use protected information for a
commercial purpose.
(3)
Without limiting subsection (2), protected
information is used for a commercial purpose if it is sold or provided or
offered for sale (whether for cash or any other valuable
consideration).
(4)
Subsection (2) does not apply to the use of
protected information provided under section 50 for a commercial purpose where
that use is in accordance with or is implicit in the finding of the Electoral
Commissioner under that section concerning the public interest in providing
the information.
(5)
For the purposes of this section, enrolment
information is protected information if the person knows, or ought reasonably
to know, that the information has been provided under section 49 or
50.
Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty
units.
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53Access by an individual to
information about the individual
(1)
The Electoral Commissioner may provide access
(including in person, online or by telephone) to the enrolment information
kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner for the purpose of allowing
an individual to ascertain whether or not he or she is correctly
enrolled.
(2)
The Electoral Commissioner may determine the
manner and form in which information is to be available under this
section.
(3)
The Electoral Commissioner must take such
reasonable steps as the Commissioner considers necessary to ensure that
information relating to an individual is available only to:
(a)
that individual, or
(b)
a person who is authorised by that individual to
access that information.
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54Division does not affect
arrangements with Commonwealth
Nothing in this Division applies in relation to
the furnishing of information to the Australian Electoral Commission for the
purposes of or in connection with an arrangement referred to in section
56.
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