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Electoral Act 2017
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#### 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.
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> Maximum penalty—
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> > (a) for an individual—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, or
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> > (b) otherwise—100 penalty units.
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> **s 187A:** Ins 2022 No 58, Sch 1\[2\].