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Electoral Act 2017
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#### 184 Display of posters
184 Display of posters
> > (1) A person must not, during the regulated period, publicly display or permit or cause to be publicly displayed, a poster containing or consisting of electoral material that contravenes Subdivision 2.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) for an individual—60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, or
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> > > (b) otherwise—300 penalty units.
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> > (2) A person must not, during the regulated period, display or permit or cause to be displayed a poster—
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> > > (a) on or within any premises occupied or used by, or under the control or management of—
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> > > > (i) the Crown or a NSW Government agency, or
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> > > > (ii) any council or county council, or
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> > > (b) on or within any other premises, unless the person—
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> > > > (i) was the owner or a joint owner of the premises, or
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> > > > (ii) performed the act concerned with the permission in writing of the owner or a joint owner of the premises.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) in the case of a corporation—12.5 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) in any other case—2.5 penalty units.
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> > (3) Subsection (2) (a) does not apply in relation to a poster—
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> > > (a) on the outer wall, fence or other boundary of the grounds of an enclosure in which a building used for voting is situated, or
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> > > (b) within the grounds of an enclosure in which a building used for voting is situated, or
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> > > (c) on a vehicle on a road or road related area (within the meaning of section 4 (1) of the [Road Transport Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-018)), or
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> > > (d) fixed or attached to a table or stall on a footpath or other public place at any time on the day of voting for an election.
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> Note.
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> The display of election posters also constitutes development for the purposes of the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203). Subdivision 13 (Election signs) of Division 2 of Part 2 of [State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008](/view/html/inforce/current/epi-2008-0572) provides that the display of election posters is exempt development, subject to conditions, during the period commencing 5 weeks before and ending 1 week after the election day concerned.
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> **s 184:** Am 2026 No 6, Sch 1\[79\].