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Electoral Act 2017
51Use of enrolment information
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#### 51 Use of enrolment information
51 Use of enrolment information
> > (1) A registered party or other person must not use enrolment information that is provided by the Electoral Commissioner under section 49 except for a purpose that is a permitted purpose in relation to the party or person to whom the information was provided.
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> > Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
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> > (2) The permitted purposes in relation to a registered party or a candidate are—
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> > > (a) any purpose in connection with an election, and
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> > > (b) monitoring the accuracy of enrolment information kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner, and
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> > > (c) any purpose prescribed by the regulations,
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> > but do not include any purpose prescribed by the regulations as an excluded purpose.
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> > (3) The permitted purposes in relation to a member of the Council are—
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> > > (a) any purpose in connection with an election, and
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> > > (b) monitoring the accuracy of enrolment information kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner, and
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> > > (c) exercising the functions of a member in relation to an elector.
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> > (4) The permitted purposes in relation to a member of the Assembly are—
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> > > (a) any purpose in connection with an election, and
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> > > (b) monitoring the accuracy of enrolment information kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner, and
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> > > (c) exercising the functions of a member in relation to the member’s constituents.