Registers
Important note
Local Government Act 1995
5.90. Offence to publish information in certain cases
(1) A person must not publish —
(a) any information derived from a register of financial interests or register of gifts unless that information constitutes a fair or accurate report or summary of information contained in the register and is published in good faith; or
(b) any comment on the facts set forth in a register of financial interests or register of gifts unless that comment is fair and published in good faith.
Penalty: $5000 or imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) In subsection (1) — publish has the meaning that the term has in the law of tort (as modified by the Defamation Act 2005) relating to defamation.