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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 1140

1140 Access to register of interests

(1) A register kept by the mayor or chief executive officer (the keeper of the register) of a local government is not open to inspection other than by--

(a) a councillor of the local government; or
(b) the chief executive officer; or
(c) a person permitted by law to have access to information in the register, or the person's agent.

(2) A person seeking access to a register must apply in writing to the keeper of the register.

(3) The keeper of the register must record--

(a) the name and home or business address of each person given access to the register; and
(b) the day the access is given.

(4) The keeper of the register must advise--

(a) if the keeper of the register is the mayor--the chief executive officer of any access given to the chief executive officer's register and any register of a person who, under a regulation, is related to the chief executive officer; and
(b) if the keeper of the register is the chief executive officer--an employee of any access given to the employee's register and any register of a person who, under a regulation, is related to the employee.

(5) A person must not knowingly disclose information obtained from a register to a person other than a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c).

Maximum penalty--85 penalty units.



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