Local Government (General) Regulation 2005
Current version for 1 March 2013 to date (accessed 26 May 2013 at 15:11)

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.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2)  A person must not, during the regulated period, display or permit or cause to be displayed a poster:
(a)  on or within any premises occupied or used by, or under the control or management of:
(i)  the Crown or a NSW Government agency, or
(ii)  any council or county council, or
(b)  on or within any other premises, unless the person:
(i)  was the owner or a joint owner of the premises, or
(ii)  performed the act concerned with the permission in writing of the owner or a joint owner of the premises.

Maximum penalty: 2.5 penalty units.

(3)  Subclause (2) (a) does not apply in relation to a poster:
(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
(b)  within the grounds of an enclosure in which a building used for polling is situated, or
(c)  on a vehicle on a road or road related area (within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005), or
(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.
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