14Voting centres

14 Voting centres (1) The returning officer may declare a specified place to be any of the following in relation to an election: (a) an election day voting centre; (b) an early voting centre; (c) a scrutiny centre. (2) A part of premises licensed under the Liquor Act 2019 must not be declared as a voting centre unless the returning officer is satisfied that, during the voting period: (a) liquor will not be available for sale or consumption on that part of the premises; and (b) that part of the premises will be segregated from the part of the premises where liquor will be available for sale or consumption; and (c) access to that part of the premises would not involve passing through a part of the premises where liquor will be available for sale or consumption.

Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2021 11 (3) The returning officer must give public notice of the following in relation to an election: (a) each election day voting centre and the voting period on election day; (b) each early voting centre and the voting period for each centre. (4) If voting at an election day voting centre or early voting centre is to be limited to certain local government areas, the public notice under subregulation (3) must state those local government areas. (5) Subregulation (4) does not limit the local government areas for which a ballot paper may be issued under Part 3.