Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 175ZC

175ZC .         Public availability of documents under this Part

        (1)         The Electoral Commissioner must keep a copy of each claim lodged under Division 2A and each disclosure document lodged under this Part at the principal office of the Western Australian Electoral Commission.

        (2)         The Electoral Commissioner must, as soon as practicable after a claim is lodged under Division 2A or a disclosure document is lodged under this Part, publish the claim or disclosure document on the Commission website.

        (3)         After a claim or disclosure document is published on the Commission website, a person is entitled —

            (a)         to peruse a copy of the claim or disclosure document at the principal office of the Western Australian Electoral Commission; and

            (b)         if the person pays a fee determined by the Electoral Commissioner to cover the cost of copying, to obtain a copy of the claim or disclosure document from the principal office of the Western Australian Electoral Commission.

        (4)         The Electoral Commissioner must ensure that the following information is not published under subsection (2) or available for perusal or to be copied under subsection (3) —

            (a)         information about a person’s bank accounts or other similar financial details;

            (aa)         a person’s address other than their postcode;

            (b)         other personal information the Electoral Commissioner considers is not appropriate to publish because publication of the information places the personal safety of the person to whom the information relates, or the members of the family of that person, at risk.

        (5)         If a person informs the Electoral Commissioner when lodging a claim under Division 2A or disclosure document under this Part that the person is a silent elector, or enrolled on a roll in the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory with equivalent status as a silent elector, the Electoral Commissioner must ensure that the person’s address (including their postcode) is not published under subsection (2) or available for perusal or to be copied under subsection (3).

        [Section 175ZC inserted: No. 75 of 1992 s. 4 (as amended: No. 43 of 1996 s. 26); amended: No. 55 of 2006 s. 12; No. 30 of 2023 s. 153; No. 24 of 2024 s. 11.]