New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 308

308 Candidate information sheets

(1) A nomination of a candidate for election to a civic office is to be accompanied by a candidate information sheet in the form of a statutory declaration made by the candidate.

(2) The regulations may make provision for the matters that are to be included in, or that may or may not be included in, a candidate information sheet. The regulations may not prohibit the inclusion in a candidate information sheet of matter relating to a candidate’s policies.

(3) The returning officer is to make each candidate information sheet available for public inspection at any reasonable time during office hours at the office of the returning officer and at any other place determined by the returning officer.

(4) An electoral official at each polling place is to ensure that a copy of each candidate information sheet is displayed at the polling place.