Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 259 POLITICAL BROADCASTS (STATE AND TERRITORY ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS - REG 2

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Act" means the Broadcasting Act 1942;

"available broadcasting day" means any day in a prescribed period except the
day on which nominations close;

"broadcaster" means any broadcaster other than the Service and includes each
of the Corporation's television stations and metropolitan and regional AM
networks in each State and Territory;

"candidate" means a candidate for election to a Parliament;

"election" means an election to a Parliament, but does not include a
by-election;

"election day", in relation to an election, means the day on which the
election is to be held;

"group" means a group of independent candidates;

"independent candidate" means a candidate who is not a candidate for a
political party;

"Parliament" means:

   (a)  State Parliament; or

   (b)  legislature of a Territory;

"prescribed period", in relation an election, means the period prescribed by
regulation 4 in relation to that election;

"representative", in relation to a group, means:

   (a)  a person appointed in writing by the members of the group to represent
        the group for the purposes of these regulations; or

   (b)  if no person is appointed-any member of the group;

"represented party", in relation to an election, means a political party that:

   (a)  was represented by one or more members in the relevant Parliament
        immediately before the end of the last sittings of that Parliament
        held before the election; and

   (b)  is contesting the election with at least the number of candidates
        prescribed in relation to the party by regulation 5;

"State Parliament" means:

   (a)  in relation to the State of Tasmania-the House of Assembly of that
        State; or

   (b)  in relation to any other State-the Parliament of the State;

"vote" means a formal first preference vote;

"voting share" means:

   (a)  in relation to a represented party-the voting share of the represented
        party determined in accordance with regulation 7; or

   (b)  in relation to a political party other than a represented party, or to
        a group or an independent candidate-the voting share of the political
        party, group or independent candidate, as the case may be, calculated
        in accordance with regulations 11 and 12.