Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 - SECT 18M

Authority to maintain a register

18M. Authority to maintain a register



(1) An Authority must-

   (a)  maintain a register of the interests of members and, where required,
        nominated officers; and

   (b)  enter in the register all the information given in the returns.



(2) An Authority must allow a person to inspect the register if that person
applies, in writing and in accordance with the regulations, to the Authority
to do so.

(3) The register may be inspected at the office of the Authority during normal
office hours.

(4) An Authority must take all reasonable steps to make sure that a person who
has not applied does not have access to, and is not permitted to inspect, the
register or any return.

(5) A person must not publish any information derived from the register unless
that information is a fair and accurate summary or copy of the information
derived from the register.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(6) A person employed by an Authority must not, whether before or after he or
she ceases to be so employed, make a record of, divulge or communicate to any
person any information in relation to a matter dealt with by this section that
is gained by or conveyed to him or her during his or her employment with the
Authority, or make use of that information for any purpose other than the
discharge of his or her official duties under this Act.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

(7) An Authority must-

   (a)  retain the returns of a member or a nominated officer for 3 years
        after the person has ceased to be a member or a nominated officer; and

   (b)  at the end of that period, destroy the returns.





(8) As soon as practicable after a person ceases to be a member or a nominated
officer, the Authority must delete the entries relating to that person from
the register.