Bayside City Council Graffiti Prevention Strategy

The Bayside City Council Graffiti Prevention Strategy was developed to provide a comprehensive overview of graffiti management in Bayside and includes strategies on prevention, removal and legislation and enforcement.

For more information, download the Graffiti Prevention Strategy (PDF, 453KB).

Legislation

The State Government’s Graffiti Prevention Act 2007 aims to:

Reduce the significant financial and social costs of graffiti to the Victorian community.
Provide a strong deterrent to perpetrators of graffiti and promote the accountability of those perpetrators for their actions.
Reduce the incidence of graffiti in Victoria.

Key initiatives of the Graffiti Prevention Act 2007:

Restriction of the sale of spray paint cans to people under 18 years of age, unless they can prove they need the cans for employment purposes.
Giving Police greater powers to search for and seize graffiti-related items.
Requiring Councils to obtain permission from the owner or occupier of a property to remove graffiti.
It is an offence if retailers advertise the sale of a prescribed graffiti implement (i.e. spray paint cans) in a manner that is likely to incite or promote illegal graffiti.

For more information on the State Government’s graffiti legislation, visit the Department of Justice website.

12-Nov-2008