Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) In this section:
"approved purpose" means any of the following:
(a) for an MLA—the exercise of his or her functions;
(b) for the registered officer of a registered party—the exercise by an MLA who is a member of the party of his or her functions;
(c) for an MLA or the registered officer of a registered party—
(i) a purpose connected with an election; or
(ii) monitoring the accuracy of information in the roll;
(d) for anyone—a purpose prescribed under the regulations.
"protected information", in relation to a person, means information that the person knows, or has reasonable grounds for believing, was obtained from a roll extract given to the person or someone else under section 61 (Supply of printed roll extracts to MLAs etc) or section 62 (Supply of roll extracts in electronic form to MLAs etc).
(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, use protected information for—
(a) a commercial purpose; or
(b) any other purpose, other than an approved purpose.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(3) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, directly or indirectly divulge or communicate protected information to someone else for a purpose other than an approved purpose.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.