Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electoral Act 2002 - SECT 67

Use of prescribed premises as voting centre

67. Use of prescribed premises as voting centre



(1) The Commission may use as an election day voting centre any room or hall
in a prescribed premises.

(2) The Commission must give 7 days' notice to the managers, trustees or
owners of the prescribed premises.

(3) The Commission must pay-

   (a)  reasonable costs for lighting, air conditioning and cleaning of the
        prescribed premises; and

   (b)  if, as a result of using the premises as a voting centre, the premises
        or any furniture in the premises is damaged, the full costs of
        repairing the damage.

(4) If there is a dispute between the Commission and the managers, trustees or
owners of the prescribed premises about the amount payable under subsection
(3), the matter is to be determined by the Magistrates' Court.

(5) In this section, prescribed premises means a school or building that is
not used exclusively for religious services and that-

   (a)  is supported wholly or in part by-

   (i)  public funds; or

   (ii) a perpetual endowment; or

   (b)  has been built with, or is supported wholly or in part by, a grant
        from the Consolidated Fund.







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