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ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 56 Arrangement with Commonwealth

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 56

Arrangement with Commonwealth

56 Arrangement with Commonwealth

(1) The Governor may arrange with the Governor-General of the Commonwealth for any one or more of the following--
(a) a joint enrolment process,
(b) the exchange of information necessary for, or the carrying out of any procedure relating to, the preparation and maintenance of rolls or electoral information registers,
under this Act and the Commonwealth Act.
(2) The Electoral Commissioner and officers acting under the direction of the Electoral Commissioner are exempt from any requirements of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 relating to the collection, use or disclosure of personal information or health information to the extent that the personal information or health information is furnished to the Australian Electoral Commission--
(a) for the purposes of or in connection with any arrangement referred to in this section, or
(b) for any other purpose relating to the Electoral Information Register under this Act or rolls under the Commonwealth Act.