Australian Capital Territory
Public Unleased Land (Movable Signs) Code of Practice 2013 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2013—144 
made under the
Public Unleased Land Act 2013, section 27 (Movable signs code of practice)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 27 (1) of the Public Unleased Land Act 2013 (the Act) empowers the Minister to approve a code of practice about movable signs on public unleased land.

Section 27 (2) of the Act provides that a movable signs code of practice may include provisions about 1 or more of the following matters:
(a)	the construction of movable signs on public unleased land;
(b)	the size of movable signs on public unleased land;
(c)	the location of movable signs on public unleased land;
(d)	the words or images that may be displayed on movable signs on public unleased land;
(e)	the number of movable signs that may be placed on public unleased land;
(f)	the kind of insurance policy that a person placing a movable sign on public unleased land must hold.

This code of practice replaces and updates the Roads and Public Places (Removable Signs) Code of Practice 2005 (DI2005-207), which was made under the now repealed Roads and Public Places Act 1937.

Amendments made in this code of practice are:

Clause 3 has been amended to provide that movable signs must not require support from any other object, and to clarify that a self-adhesive sign is not included in the code.

Clause 6 (4) has been amended to reduce the period during which electoral advertising signs may be displayed from 8 weeks to 6 weeks preceding an election date.  Electoral advertising must be removed within 48 hours of the close of polls.

Clause 7 (1) (b) (v) has been inserted to prohibit movable signs from being attached to, affixed to, or obstructing infrastructure, whether owned or under control of ACTEW or the ACT Government.