Public Records Act 2005

Purpose, other preliminary provisions, and key administrative provisions - Purpose and other preliminary provisions

6: Exclusions from application of Act

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"When the law doesn't apply to some voting papers and documents"

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This Act does not apply to you if you are dealing with ballot papers or voting papers sent to the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 187 of the Electoral Act 1993 or section 50 of the Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000. You are also excluded if you are dealing with voting documents and specified materials received by Registrars of the District Court under section 89(2) of the Local Electoral Act 2001. The Act does not cover these situations.

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Part 1Purpose, other preliminary provisions, and key administrative provisions
Purpose and other preliminary provisions

6Exclusions from application of Act

This Act does not apply to—
ballot papers or voting papers (or any associated electoral materials) sent to the Clerk of the House of Representatives under—
1. section 187 of the Electoral Act 1993; or
2. section 50 of the Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000:
voting documents and specified materials received by Registrars of the District Court under section 89(2) of the Local Electoral Act 2001.

Notes

Section 6(b): amended, on 1 March 2017, by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).