Local Government (Electoral Signs—Moveable Signs) Regulations 1995 (SA)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTORAL SIGNS—MOVEABLE SIGNS)

REGULATIONS 1995

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS

1.           Citation

2.           Commencement

3.           Interpretation

4.           Electoral signs cannot be prohibited

REGULATIONS UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934

Local Government (Electoral Signs—Moveable Signs)

Regulations 1995

being

No. 228 of 1995: Gaz. 14 December 1995, p. 17191

1 Came into operation 14 December 1995: reg. 2.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Electoral Signs—Moveable

Signs) Regulations 1995.

Commencement

2. These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

Interpretation

3. In these regulations—

"Act" means the Local Government Act 1934;

"election period" in relation to an election means the period commencing on the issue of the

writ or writs for the election and expiring at the close of polls on polling day.

Electoral signs cannot be prohibited

4. Pursuant to section 370(4)(b) of the Act, signs that relate to a federal or State election,

when displayed during the relevant election period, are signs of a prescribed class.