LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTORAL) REGULATIONS 2021
77Conduct at voting centre
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77 Conduct at voting centre (1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally canvasses for votes in, or within 10 metres of the entrance to, a voting centre while the voting centre is open for voting.
Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2021 46 (2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally wears or displays campaign material in a voting centre while the voting centre is open for voting. Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units. (3) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is at a voting centre; and (b) the authorised officer in charge of the voting centre gives a direction to the person; and (c) the direction relates to the person's conduct; and (d) the person intentionally fails to comply with the direction.