Electoral Act 2004

(1) A person must not use protected information for:

(a) a commercial purpose; or

(b) any other purpose other than an approved purpose.

Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

If the offender is a body corporate – 2 000 penalty units.

(2) A person must not directly or indirectly disclose or communicate protected information to someone else for a purpose other than an approved purpose.

Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

If the offender is a body corporate – 2 000 penalty units.

(3) In this section:

approved purpose means any of the following:

(a) for an MLA – the exercise of the MLA's functions;

(b) for the registered officer of a registered party – the exercise by an

MLA who is a member of the party of the MLA's functions;

(c) for an MLA or the registered officer of a registered party:

(i) a purpose connected with an election; or

(ii) monitoring the accuracy of information in the roll;

(d) for anyone – a purpose prescribed by the Regulations.

protected information, in relation to a person, means information (other than information available for public inspection under section 12) the person knows, or reasonably believes, was obtained from a roll extract given to the person or someone else under section 13.