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Provision of roll information to prescribed authorities

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Part 5Electoral rolls

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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