Local Government (General) Regulation 2021
356JDisplay of posters on pre-poll voting days
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356J Display of posters on pre-poll voting days
356J Display of posters on pre-poll voting days
(1) Posters at pre-poll voting office A person must not display, or cause to be displayed, any poster of any size—
(a) within a pre-poll voting office, or
(a1) within 6 metres of an entrance to a pre-poll voting office, or
(b) on the exterior of a building used as a pre-poll voting office,
on any day on which pre-poll voting is conducted at the pre-poll voting office.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
(2) Application of this section to grounds of enclosure If—
(a) a building used as a pre-poll voting office is situated in grounds within an enclosure, and
(b) the appointment by the election manager of the pre-poll voting office does not indicate whether or not the grounds are part of the pre-poll voting office,
the grounds are not, but the building is, taken to be part of the pre-poll voting office for the purposes of subsection (1), unless a notice to the contrary is displayed under section 356U. If such a notice is displayed, the grounds are taken to be part of the pre-poll voting office for the purposes of subsection (1).