Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 117

117. Section 164A of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) ''On and after the date of issue and
        before the return of any writ for the election of a member of the
        Senate or of the House of Representatives, or for the taking of any
        referendum vote, a person shall not broadcast, or permit to be
        broadcast, from any broadcasting station'' and substituting ''A person
        shall not, during the relevant period in relation to an election under
        this Act or a referendum, broadcast or televise or cause, permit or
        authorize to be broadcast or televised, from a broadcasting station or
        a television station'';

         (b)  by inserting in sub-section (2) ''or televised'' after
''broadcast'';

   (c)  by inserting in sub-section (2) ''or to the television station
for televising, as the case may be,'' after ''broadcasting''; and

   (d)  by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(4) In this section-

'address' does not include a post-office box;

'broadcasting station' means a broadcasting station (including a broadcasting
translator station) within the meaning of the Broadcasting and Television Act
1942 or the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983
that is operating as authorized by or under either of those Acts;

'television station' means a television station (including a television
repeater station or a television translator station) within the meaning of the
Broadcasting and Television Act 1942 or the Australian  Broadcasting
Corporation Act 1983 that is operating as authorized by or under either of
those Acts.''.