23Disclosure of registers relating to certain real property addresses

23 Disclosure of registers relating to certain real property addresses

23 Disclosure of registers relating to certain real property addresses

(1) The purpose of this section is to protect the privacy and safety of persons occupying real property required to be disclosed under this regulation.

(2) The confidential part of a register must be kept confidential.

(3) Despite subsection (2), information may be disclosed to the following—

(a) for information disclosed by a Member—the Member,

(b) the appropriate parliamentary committee,

(c) the Presiding Officer of the Member’s House,

(d) a person employed or engaged by or behalf the Clerk to assist the Clerk in the exercise of the Clerks functions,

(e) an officer of the Commission within the meaning of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988,

(f) a person specified under subsection (4)(a),

(g) a person specified under subsection (6).

(4) A committee of a House of Parliament referred to in subsection (3)(b) may, in accordance with the Standing Rules or Orders of the House or a resolution of the House—

(a) specify a person to whom disclosure may be made, and

(b) resolve that specific information be tabled in the House and published, generally or subject to a restriction specified in the resolution.

(5) To avoid doubt, information referred to in subsection (4)(b) may be tabled in the House and published despite subsection (2).

(6) A House of Parliament may, by resolution, specify a person to whom disclosure may be made despite subsection (2), but only if the disclosure is to be made for the purpose of—

(a) the provision of advice to a Member concerning the disclosures under this regulation, or

(b) investigating a complaint in relation to a Member’s disclosures under this regulation.

Examples—

Under subsection (6), a House may specify—