Electoral and Referendum Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1993

No. 356 1

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Electoral and Referendum Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. and the Referendum (Machinery Provisions ) Act 1984.

Dated 15 December 1993.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

R. Mcmullan

Minister for the Arts and Administrative Services

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Electoral and Referendum Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE:

 These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   New regulation 10

2.1   After regulation 9, insert in Part II:

Permitted purposes for use of information from the Roll

 “10.For the purposes of paragraph 91A (2A) (c) of the Act, the following activities are permitted purposes for which information granted under paragraph 91 (4A) (e) of the Act may be used:

• (a)

  the conduct of medical research in accordance with the Guidelines for the Protection of Privacy in the Conduct of Medical Research:

  • (i)

    issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council under subsection 95 (1) of the Privacy Act 1988; and

  (ii) gazetted on 1 July 1991;

• (b)

  the provision of a public health screening program:

  • (i)

    approved by the Secretary to the Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services; and

  • (ii)

    conducted in accordance with the Guidelines for the Conduct of Public Health Screening Programs with particular reference to Privacy and the Management of Personal Information:

    • (A)

      issued by the Department of Health, Housing, Local Government and Community Services; and

    • (B)

      gazetted on 1 December 1993.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 December 1993.

2. Statutory Rules 1940 No. 163 as amended by 1949 No. 62; 1954 No. 27; 1961 No. 103; 1966 No. 140; 1973 No. 62; 1974 No. 44; 1980 No. 241; 1981 Nos. 80 and 84; 1983 Nos. 114, 153, 176, 181, 235, 274 and 313; 1984 No. 287; 1987 Nos. 118 and 119; 1988 Nos. 182 and 339; 1989 No. 32; 1990 Nos. 33 and 334; 1992 No. 422; 1993 No. 28.