New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 201

201 Registration of electoral material

(1) Certificate of registration Registration of the electoral material is effected by the issue of a certificate of registration in respect of a draft or sample of the electoral material.

(2) Details to be included in certificate The certificate of registration must specify the election and the district or districts for which the electoral material is registered.

(3) Form of certificate A certificate of registration issued under this section is to be in the approved form.

(4) Registration may be conditional or unconditional Registration may be unconditional or subject to conditions specified in the certificate of registration.

(5) Evidence of registration A certificate signed by the Electoral Commissioner and certifying that specified material was or was not registered--

(a) on a specified day or during a specified period, or

(b) for a particular election, or

(c) for a particular district or districts,

is admissible in proceedings for an offence under this Division and is prima facie evidence of the matters certified.

(6) Immaterial differences not to affect registration Electoral material is to be taken to be registered in accordance with this section even though the material contains some differences from the draft or sample in respect of which the certificate of registration was issued, so long as the material is substantially the same as the draft or sample.

(7) Registration not a defence for certain offences Registration of electoral material is not a defence to a prosecution for an offence under Subdivision 3 or 4.

(8) Copy of material and certificate to be available for public inspection The Electoral Commissioner is to ensure that the following are made available for public inspection on the Electoral Commission's website from the Monday preceding the election day until 6 pm on election day--

(a) the registered electoral material,

(b) the relevant certificate of registration.

(9) The Electoral Commissioner is not required to make copies of such electoral material or certificates of registration. However, a person inspecting any such material or certificates is entitled to use the person's own device (such as a camera, mobile phone, video recorder or any other electronic device) to copy or record that material or those certificates and take away or transmit those copies.