Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 85

    (1)     This section applies to a person who is, or has been—

        (a)     a member of the electoral commission; or

        (b)     the commissioner; or

        (c)     an officer; or

        (d)     a member of the staff of the electoral commission.

    (2)     A person to whom this section applies shall not, except for this Act, be required—

        (a)     to produce in a court a claim for enrolment; or

        (b)     to divulge or communicate to a court any matter or thing in relation to a claim for enrolment that has come to the person's notice in the exercise of functions under this Act.

    (3)     In this section:

"court" includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.