Electoral Act 2004
14Use of roll extracts
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14 Use of roll extracts (1) A person must not use protected information for: (a) a commercial purpose; or (b) any other purpose other than an approved purpose. (2) A person must not directly or indirectly disclose or communicate protected information to someone else for a purpose other than an approved purpose. approved purpose means any of the following: (a) for an MLA – the exercise of the MLA's functions;
Electoral Act 2004 15 (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.