Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 25D

25D .         Enrolment information given under s. 25A, 25B or 25C, use of restricted

        (1)         A person or organisation that has acquired enrolment information under section 25A, 25B or 25C must not use that enrolment information except for a permitted purpose.

        Penalty: $1 000.

        (2)         In this section —

        permitted purpose means —

            (a)         for a member of the Council or a member of the Assembly —

                  (i)         the exercise of the member’s functions; or

                  (ii)         a purpose connected with an election or referendum; or

                  (iii)         monitoring the accuracy of information in the roll; or

                  (iv)         research regarding electoral matters;

                and

            (b)         for a parliamentary party —

                  (i)         the exercise by a party member of the member’s function as a member of the Council or the Assembly; or

                  (ii)         a purpose connected with an election or referendum; or

                  (iii)         monitoring the accuracy of information in the roll; or

                  (iv)         research regarding electoral matters;

                and

            (c)         for a person or organisation to whom or which enrolment information is made available under section 25B, the purpose for which the Electoral Commissioner agreed to make the enrolment information available; and

            (d)         for a department or organisation referred to in section 25C, use in connection with the functions of that department or organisation.

        [Section 25D inserted: No. 64 of 2006 s. 22.]