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Local Government Electoral Act 2011
sec.46Kinds of polling booths
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### sec.46 Kinds of polling booths
There are 3 kinds of polling booths—
ordinary polling booths; and
mobile polling booths; and
pre-polling booths.
An ordinary polling booth is a building or other structure, or a part of a building or other structure, that the returning officer for an election arranges to be available on polling day for the election to enable electors in general to vote.
A mobile polling booth is—
all or part of an institution made available as a mobile polling booth under section 49 (1) ; or
all or part of a place made available as a mobile polling booth under section 49 (2) .
A pre-polling booth means a place arranged under section 50 as a polling booth for electors to cast a pre-poll vote.
s 46 amd 2014 No. 44 s 38
(sec.46-ssec.1) There are 3 kinds of polling booths— ordinary polling booths; and mobile polling booths; and pre-polling booths.
(sec.46-ssec.2) An ordinary polling booth is a building or other structure, or a part of a building or other structure, that the returning officer for an election arranges to be available on polling day for the election to enable electors in general to vote.
(sec.46-ssec.3) A mobile polling booth is— all or part of an institution made available as a mobile polling booth under section 49 (1) ; or all or part of a place made available as a mobile polling booth under section 49 (2) .
(sec.46-ssec.4) A pre-polling booth means a place arranged under section 50 as a polling booth for electors to cast a pre-poll vote.
- (a) ordinary polling booths; and
- (b) mobile polling booths; and
- (c) pre-polling booths.
- (a) all or part of an institution made available as a mobile polling booth under section 49 (1) ; or
- (b) all or part of a place made available as a mobile polling booth under section 49 (2) .