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Disclosing particular information to members of Parliament and parliamentary parties

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Part IIIEnrolment
Division 6Accessing enrolment information

62AB Disclosing particular information to members of Parliament and parliamentary parties

(1)

In this section —

relevant information, in relation to an elector, means —

(a)

if the elector is not a silent elector —

(i)

the elector’s electoral address; and

(ii)

if the elector has provided a separate postal address to the Electoral Commissioner — the postal address;

and

(b)

details of when the particulars on the register of electors relating to the elector were entered or most recently changed; and

(c)

the local government district in which, and if that local government district is divided into wards, the ward in which, the elector’s electoral address is situated; and

(d)

the elector’s date of birth.

(2)

A parliamentary party that has a branch or division in a district may request that the Electoral Commissioner disclose any or all of the following —

(a)

a register extract in relation to the district;

(b)

a roll for a district that has been prepared for an election;

(c)

the relevant information relating to each elector in the district.

(3)

A member of the Council may request that the Electoral Commissioner disclose any or all of the following —

(a)

a register extract;

(b)

a roll that has been prepared for a Council election;

(c)

the relevant information relating to each elector.

(4)

A member of the Assembly may request that the Electoral Commissioner disclose any or all of the following —

(a)

a register extract in relation to the district for which the member was elected;

(b)

the relevant information relating to each elector in the district.

(5)

The Electoral Commissioner —

(a)

must disclose the information in accordance with a request made under this section without charge; and

(b)

may disclose the information electronically.

(6)

However, the Electoral Commissioner must not disclose the addresses of silent electors under subsection (5).

[Section 62AB inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 51.]

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Section 62AB — Disclosing particular information to members of Parliament and parliamentary parties — Electoral Act 1907 (Western Australia) — Barrister AI