Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 112

112. (1) Where a referendum has taken place, each publisher of a journal who,
during the referendum period, published in the journal an advertisement or
advertisements relating to the referendum shall, before the expiration of 15
weeks after the voting day in the referendum, furnish to the Electoral
Commission a return, in an approved form, setting out-

   (a)  particulars of the journal in which that advertisement or each of
        those advertisements was published;

   (b)  the name and address of the person with whose authority the
        advertisement or each of those advertisements was published;

   (c)  the date or dates on which that advertisement or each of those
        advertisements was published;

   (d)  particulars of the page in the journal on which that advertisement or
        each of those advertisements was published and the space in the
        journal occupied by that advertisement or each of those
        advertisements; and

   (e)  a statement showing whether or not a charge was made for the
        publication of that advertisement or each of those advertisements and,
        where a charge was made, specifying the amount of the charge.

(2) Where, in a return under sub-section (1), the amount of a charge is
specified by a publisher in relation to an advertisement, the publisher shall,
in the return, state whether or not the charge was a charge at less than
normal commercial rates having regard to the space in the journal occupied by
the advertisement and the nature of the journal.

(3) A publisher is not required to furnish a return under sub-section (1) in
respect of a referendum if the total amount of the charge or charges made by
him in respect of the publication of the advertisement or advertisements
referred to in that sub-section and any other advertisement or advertisements
relating to a referendum or referendums that took place on the same day as the
first-mentioned referendum does not exceed $1,000.