Local Government Electoral Regulation 2023
sec.30Information required to be included in a record
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sec.30 Information required to be included in a record
This section applies to an entity that is required, under sections 12 to 17, to include particular information in a record about a prescribed matter if— the event that is the subject of the information required to be included in the record occurred before the commencement; and the entity considers it is impossible to complete the record because the entity is unable to obtain the information. The entity must not, merely because of the omission of the information, be taken to have failed to keep a record about the prescribed matter if the entity includes the following information in the record— details about the reasons the entity is unable to obtain the information; and if the entity believes, on reasonable grounds, that another person can give the information—a statement of that belief and reasons for it and, if known, the name and address of the other person. (sec.30-ssec.1) This section applies to an entity that is required, under sections 12 to 17, to include particular information in a record about a prescribed matter if— the event that is the subject of the information required to be included in the record occurred before the commencement; and the entity considers it is impossible to complete the record because the entity is unable to obtain the information. (sec.30-ssec.2) The entity must not, merely because of the omission of the information, be taken to have failed to keep a record about the prescribed matter if the entity includes the following information in the record— details about the reasons the entity is unable to obtain the information; and if the entity believes, on reasonable grounds, that another person can give the information—a statement of that belief and reasons for it and, if known, the name and address of the other person.
- (a) the event that is the subject of the information required to be included in the record occurred before the commencement; and
- (b) the entity considers it is impossible to complete the record because the entity is unable to obtain the information.
- (a) details about the reasons the entity is unable to obtain the information; and
- (b) if the entity believes, on reasonable grounds, that another person can give the information—a statement of that belief and reasons for it and, if known, the name and address of the other person.