New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 51

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.

: Maximum penalty--1,000 penalty units.

(2) The permitted purposes in relation to a registered party or a candidate are--

(a) any purpose in connection with an election, and

(b) monitoring the accuracy of enrolment information kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner, and

(c) any purpose prescribed by the regulations,

but do not include any purpose prescribed by the regulations as an excluded purpose.

(3) The permitted purposes in relation to a member of the Council are--

(a) any purpose in connection with an election, and

(b) monitoring the accuracy of enrolment information kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner, and

(c) exercising the functions of a member in relation to an elector.

(4) The permitted purposes in relation to a member of the Assembly are--

(a) any purpose in connection with an election, and

(b) monitoring the accuracy of enrolment information kept and maintained by the Electoral Commissioner, and

(c) exercising the functions of a member in relation to the member's constituents.