356NDisplay of posters

356N Display of posters

356N Display of posters

(1) Posters at polling place A person must not, on election day, display or cause to be displayed any poster of any size—

(a) within a polling place, or

(b) within 6 metres of an entrance to a polling place, or

(c) on the exterior of a building used as a polling place.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(4) Application of this section to grounds of enclosure If—

(a) a building used as a polling place is situated in grounds within an enclosure, and

(b) the appointment by the election manager of the polling place does not indicate whether or not the grounds are part of the polling place,

the grounds are not, but the building is, taken to be part of the polling place for the purposes of this section, 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 polling place for the purposes of this section.

Note.

The display of election posters also constitutes development for the purposes of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Subdivision 13 of Division 2 of Part 2 of State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 provides that the display of election posters is exempt development, subject to conditions, during the period commencing 5 weeks before and ending 1 week after the election day concerned.