s 18

Government campaigns before election restricted

In force

(1)

A government agency must not conduct a government campaign in the pre-election period.

(2)

This section does not apply to the electoral commissioner.

Note 1 A government campaign does not include advertisements for stated jobs, tender advertising or other routine advertising carried out by an agency in relation to its operational activities (see s 9, def government campaign).

Note 2 Also, the Minister may exempt a campaign from this Act in an emergency, urgent circumstances or other extraordinary circumstances (see s 23).

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