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Electoral Act 1993

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204X: When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

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"When looking at someone's personal info is an invasion of their privacy"

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If you search the register for personal information and it is not for a purpose specified in section 204S, it is considered an interference with someone's privacy. This is under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020. You are only allowed to search the register for certain reasons, and if you do not have a valid reason, you are interfering with someone's privacy.

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204XWhen search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

  1. A search of the register for personal information that has not been carried out for a purpose specified in section 204S constitutes an action that is an interference with the privacy of an individual under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020.

Notes
  • Section 204X: replaced, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).