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Local Government (General) Regulation 2021
356EDisplay of posters
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#### 356E Display of posters
356E 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—10 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, county council or joint organisation, 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—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 polling is situated, or
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> > > (b) within the grounds of an enclosure in which a building used for polling 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 polling for an election.