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RELATIONSHIPS ACT 2003 - SECT 20 Access to Register

RELATIONSHIPS ACT 2003 - SECT 20

Division 2 - Access to, and certification of, Register entries Access to Register

(1)  The Registrar may, on any conditions the Registrar considers appropriate –
(a) allow access to the Register to a person or organisation that has an adequate reason for wanting access to the Register; or
(b) provide information extracted from the Register to a person or organisation that has an adequate reason for wanting information from the Register.
(2)  In deciding whether an applicant has an adequate reason for wanting access to the Register, or information from the Register, the Registrar must have regard to –
(a) the nature of the applicant's interest; and
(b) the sensitivity of the information; and
(c) the use to be made of the information; and
(d) other relevant factors.
(3)  In deciding the conditions on which access to the Register, or information from the Register, is to be allowed or provided under this section, the Registrar must, as far as practicable, protect the persons to whom the entries in the Register relate from unjustified intrusion on their privacy.