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Electoral Act 1993

Miscellaneous provisions

267A: Regulations relating to advertisement of a specified kind

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The Governor-General can make rules about a certain type of advertisement. You need to know what these rules cover, they are about how the advertisement looks, including its design, layout, shape, and colour. The rules also cover what you must do before you display the advertisement.

These rules are made to keep road users safe, and they only apply for a certain time, which is 9 weeks before polling day and the day before polling day. The rules can be different depending on how the advertisement is published. They can also override other laws or bylaws.

The rules are about a specific type of advertisement, which is explained in section 221B(2). This section is also subject to section 267B. You can find out more about how these rules are published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 9Miscellaneous provisions

267ARegulations relating to advertisement of a specified kind

  1. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations regulating—

  2. all or any of the following matters in relation to an advertisement of a specified kind:
    1. design:
      1. layout:
        1. shape:
          1. colour:
          2. the procedures to be followed by any person before displaying an advertisement of a specified kind.

            1. Regulations made under subsection (1)(a)—

            2. may be made only for the purpose of ensuring that an advertisement of a specified kind does not endanger the safety of road users; and
              1. apply only during the period beginning 9 weeks before polling day and ending with the close of the day before polling day.

                1. Regulations made under subsection (1) may—

                2. impose different requirements for an advertisement of a specified kind depending on how it is published:
                  1. override or modify any other enactment and any bylaw or other instrument.

                    1. In this section, advertisement of a specified kind has the same meaning as in section 221B(2).

                    2. This section is subject to section 267B.

                    3. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                    Notes
                    • Section 267A: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).
                    • Section 267A(2)(b): amended, on , by section 110 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
                    • Section 267A(6): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).