South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts5—Amendment of section 26—Inspection and purchase of rolls
(1)
Section 26(1)—after "Copies" insert:
(whether in printed or electronic form)
(2)
Section 26(1)(c)—delete paragraph (c)
(3)
Section 26(2)—delete subsection (2) and substitute:
(2) The Electoral
Commissioner must, on request—
(a)
provide a member of the House of Assembly with an up-to-date copy of the
electoral roll for the member's district;
(b)
provide a member of the Legislative Council with an up-to-date copy of the
electoral roll for the Legislative Council district;
(c)
provide the registered officer of a registered political party with an
up-to-date copy of any electoral roll for any district;
(d)
provide a person who is a nominated candidate in an election with an
up-to-date copy of the electoral roll for—
(i)
in the case of a person who is a candidate in an election
for a House of Assembly district—that district; or
(ii)
in the case of a person who is a candidate in a
Legislative Council election—the Legislative Council district.
(3) If, in accordance
with an electoral redistribution under the Constitution Act 1934 , the
area of a House of Assembly district (the
"relevant district") will, from the day on which a general election of members
of the House of Assembly is next held, be altered to include any part of the
area of another House of Assembly district, the Electoral Commissioner must,
on request, provide an up-to-date copy of the electoral roll for that other
House of Assembly district to—
(a) the
current House of Assembly member for the relevant district;
(b) any
person who is a nominated candidate for an election in the relevant district.
(4) The following
provisions apply in connection with the operation of subsections (2) and
(3):
(a) a
request under subsection (2) may be made on the basis that a copy of the
relevant roll (or rolls) will be provided on a monthly basis (and the
Electoral Commissioner is not required to provide a roll to a particular
person (or registered political party) more frequently than once in each
month);
(b) a
copy of a roll may be provided in electronic form (as determined by the
Electoral Commissioner);
(c) a
copy of a roll must be provided without the requirement to pay a fee.
(5) If a copy of the
roll is provided to a person under this section, a person who uses that copy
of the roll, or information contained in that copy of the roll, for a purpose
other than—
(a) the
carrying out of functions of a member of the Parliament of the State or the
Commonwealth or a council constituted under the Local Government
Act 1999 ; or
(b) the
distribution of matter calculated to affect the result of a State,
Commonwealth or local government election or purposes related to the holding
of such elections,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.