Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ELECTORAL AND ROAD SAFETY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 43 OF 2023) - SECT 84

New section 28 (1A)

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    (1A)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person places, or causes to be placed, an electoral advertising sign on public unleased land; and

        (b)     the person fails to comply with the movable signs code of practice for the sign; and

        (c)     the failure relates to either—

              (i)     the number of signs that may be placed on public unleased land; or

              (ii)     the sign being placed on public unleased land that is adjacent to a designated public road.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.