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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 854AA

854AA No jurisdiction to make local laws and subordinate local laws prohibiting placement of election signs or posters

(1) A local government has no jurisdiction to make a local law or subordinate local law prohibiting, in its area, the placement of election signs or posters for an election under this Act, the City of Brisbane Act 1924, the Electoral Act 1992 or the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cwlth).

(2) A local law or subordinate local law, to the extent it is contrary to subsection (1), is of no effect.

(3) In this section--

election signs or posters means signs or posters that are able, or are intended--

(a) to influence a person about voting at an election; or
(b) to affect the result of an election.


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