2008

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

ELECTORAL AMENDMENT REGULATION 2008 (NO 1)

SL2008-43

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 Circulated by authority of 
Simon Corbell MLA
Attorney General

OUTLINE

The purpose of this amendment of the Electoral Regulation 1993 is to provide for the supply of confidential electoral roll data to the chief executive of the Department of Treasury as a prescribed authority under section 65 of the Electoral Act 1992 for the purpose of assisting the chief executive to contact former Totalcare employees about superannuation.   

Electoral Roll information provided under this amendment will be used for the purpose of contacting former employees of Totalcare Industries Limited to seek details from them that would provide Totalcare with the relevant decision mechanisms about their employment experience in order to facilitate decisions about superannuation entitlements.  Some of the former Totalcare employees who live in Canberra are potential beneficiaries of Totalcare’s outstanding superannuation liabilities.

This amendment allows the chief executive to provide electoral roll data to another person or entity involved in contacting former Totalcare employees about superannuation.

NOTES ON CLAUSES

Clause 1	Name of regulation

States that the name of the regulation is the Electoral Amendment Regulation 2008 (No 1).

Clause 2	Commencement

States that the regulation commences on the day after its notification day.

Clause 3	Legislation amended

States that the regulation amends the Electoral Regulation 1993.

Clause 4	New sections 2 and 3

New section 2 provides for a Dictionary at the end of the regulation.  The dictionary defines certain terms used in the regulation.

New section 3 provides for a Notes section that is explanatory, and not part of the regulation.

These two sections are standard for a dictionary and notes.

Clause 5	Use of roll information for cancer register Section 4(4)

This clause omits the definition of “roll information”, relocating it to the dictionary, because the definition is now used in two sections.

Clause 6	New section 4A

This clause inserts new regulation 4A in the Electoral Regulations to:
•	make the chief executive of Treasury a prescribed authority to be given confidential electoral roll information for the prescribed purpose of assisting the chief executive of Treasury to contact a former Totalcare employee about superannuation: and  
•	provide that the chief officer of Treasury may give roll information to another person or entity only for the purpose of contacting a former Totalcare employee.

The chief executive of Treasury is defined as the chief executive of the Department of Treasury, and superannuation is defined to include any superannuation matter associated with a person’s former employment with Totalcare.  Totalcare is defined as Totalcare Industries Limited ABN 70 054 435 746.

Clause 7	New Dictionary

This clause inserts a new dictionary of terms used in the regulations, after regulation 5A.  These are standard sections for a dictionary and notes.  See also clause 4 above.