Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 259 POLITICAL BROADCASTS (STATE AND TERRITORY ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS - REG 14

14. (1) For the purposes of subsection 95p (1) of the Act, a period of free
time granted to a political party, a group or an independent candidate in
relation to an election must be:

   (a)  divided into equal periods of free time in respect of each broadcaster
        in the State or Territory concerned; and

   (b)  further divided by 2 to create units of free time in respect of each
        of those periods.

(2) The number of whole units resulting from the division of a period of free
time under subregulation (1) is taken to be distributed to the political
party, group or candidate concerned.

(3) For the purposes of subsection 95P (2) of the Act, the Tribunal must:

   (a)  take from the number of units created in relation to each political
        party, group or independent candidate under subregulation (1) any part
        of a unit resulting from the division of a period of free time into
        units; and

   (b)  add all the parts of units together; and

   (c)  distribute 1 unit for each broadcaster to each political party, group
        or independent candidate not granted a period of free time under
        subregulation 10 (2):

        (i)    in turn; and

        (ii)   in the order set out in subregulation 10 (3); until the number
               of units remaining is less than the number of broadcasters; and

   (d)  discount any units left over.