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Local Government Electoral Act 2011
sec.135BRegister of agents and register of third parties to be available for public inspection
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### sec.135B Register of agents and register of third parties to be available for public inspection
This section applies if the electoral commission is required to keep a register of agents or register of third parties for an election under this part.
The electoral commission must make information from the register available for public inspection including by publishing the information on the electoral commission’s website.
However, the electoral commission must not make the following information available for public inspection under subsection (2) —
if the electoral commission is informed that an individual identified in the information is a silent elector or enrolled on the electoral roll of the Commonwealth or another State with status equivalent or similar to a silent elector—the address of the individual;
the street address, but not the suburb, town, city or other locality, including the State, of another individual;
an individual’s date of birth;
an individual’s contact details, including, for example, a telephone number or email address, unless the individual has consented to the contact details being made public;
the details of a bank account of an entity, including a participant’s dedicated account.
In this section—
information , from a register, includes—
a copy of a document included in the register; and
personal information about an individual.
personal information see the Information Privacy Act 2009 , section 12 .
s 135B ins 2023 No. 8 s 52
(sec.135B-ssec.1) This section applies if the electoral commission is required to keep a register of agents or register of third parties for an election under this part.
(sec.135B-ssec.2) The electoral commission must make information from the register available for public inspection including by publishing the information on the electoral commission’s website.
(sec.135B-ssec.3) However, the electoral commission must not make the following information available for public inspection under subsection (2) — if the electoral commission is informed that an individual identified in the information is a silent elector or enrolled on the electoral roll of the Commonwealth or another State with status equivalent or similar to a silent elector—the address of the individual; the street address, but not the suburb, town, city or other locality, including the State, of another individual; an individual’s date of birth; an individual’s contact details, including, for example, a telephone number or email address, unless the individual has consented to the contact details being made public; the details of a bank account of an entity, including a participant’s dedicated account.
(sec.135B-ssec.4) In this section— information , from a register, includes— a copy of a document included in the register; and personal information about an individual. personal information see the Information Privacy Act 2009 , section 12 .
- (a) if the electoral commission is informed that an individual identified in the information is a silent elector or enrolled on the electoral roll of the Commonwealth or another State with status equivalent or similar to a silent elector—the address of the individual;
- (b) the street address, but not the suburb, town, city or other locality, including the State, of another individual;
- (c) an individual’s date of birth;
- (d) an individual’s contact details, including, for example, a telephone number or email address, unless the individual has consented to the contact details being made public;
- (e) the details of a bank account of an entity, including a participant’s dedicated account.
- (a) a copy of a document included in the register; and
- (b) personal information about an individual.