Western Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.90

5.90 .         Offence to publish information in certain cases

        (1)         A person must not publish —

            (a)         any information derived from a register of financial interests or register of gifts unless that information constitutes a fair or accurate report or summary of information contained in the register and is published in good faith; or

            (b)         any comment on the facts set forth in a register of financial interests or register of gifts unless that comment is fair and published in good faith.

        Penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment for 1 year.

        (2)         In subsection (1) —

        publish has the meaning that the term has in the law of tort (as modified by the Defamation Act 2005 ) relating to defamation.

        [Section 5.90 amended: No. 16 of 2019 s. 43.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 16 of 2019 s. 44.]