187AAuthorisation of automated telephone calls

187A Authorisation of automated telephone calls

187A Authorisation of automated telephone calls

A person must not, during the regulated period, cause, permit or authorise an automated telephone call containing electoral matter to be made to another person, unless the call contains, in a clear voice, spoken in English, the name and address of an individual on whose instructions the call was made.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, or

(b) otherwise—100 penalty units.

s 187A: Ins 2022 No 58, Sch 1[2].