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ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 65

Provision of roll information to prescribed authorities

    (1)     The commissioner may give a copy of a roll or information contained on a roll to a prescribed authority if the commissioner is satisfied that the authority requires the copy or information for a prescribed purpose.

    (2)     A person shall not use information obtained under subsection (1) except in accordance with the regulations.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (3)     For the Juries Act 1967

, the commissioner shall, on request by the sheriff, give the sheriff a copy of the roll of electors of the ACT.

    (4)     A copy of a roll, or information, may be given to a person under subsection (1) or (3) in printed or electronic form or on microfiche.

    (5)     A copy of a roll, or information, provided under subsection (1) or (3) shall not include—

        (a)     in relation to a person whose address is a suppressed address—any particulars other than the name of the person; or

        (b)     the address of an eligible overseas elector; or

        (c)     the address of an Antarctic elector.

    (6)     The regulations may provide for how a prescribed authority may deal with information, or information obtained from a copy of a roll, provided under subsection (1).



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