11Availability of Preliminary Roll and Roll

11 Availability of Preliminary Roll and Roll

[Section 11 Subsection (1) amended by No. 53 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Feb 2005] [Section 11 Subsection (3) amended by No. 53 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Feb 2005] [Section 11 Substituted by No. 25 of 2005, s. 10, Applied:21 Jul 2005]

(1)  The Electoral Commissioner is to make the Preliminary Roll and the Roll available to the Council.

(2)  The Council may use the Preliminary Roll and the Roll for any purposes related to the performance of its functions.

(3)  The Electoral Commissioner may use the Preliminary Roll and the Roll for the purpose of performing any of his or her functions under this Act.

(4)  The Council may provide to any person who has obtained the approval of the Council a copy of the Preliminary Roll and the Roll or any part of those Rolls in printed or electronic form.

(5)  For the purposes of subsection (4) , the approval of the Council is to be in writing and is to specify the purpose for which information contained in the Preliminary Roll or the Roll may be used.

(6)  A person must not make or use a copy of the Preliminary Roll or the Roll or any part of the Preliminary Roll or the Roll for any purpose other than that specified in subsection (2) or (3) or in the approval referred to in subsection (5) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.

(7)  [Section 11 Subsection (7) amended by No. 54 of 2009, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010] The Right to Information Act 2009 does not apply to the Preliminary Roll or the Roll.