Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 259 POLITICAL BROADCASTS (STATE AND TERRITORY ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS - REG 3

3. (1) Subject to subregulation (2), a reference in these Regulations to
the previous election, in relation to an election to a Parliament ("the
approaching election"), is a reference to the last election to the Parliament
held before the approaching election.

(2) In relation to an election to a Parliament, if a by-election to the
Parliament has occurred since the previous election to fill a vacant seat or
place, then, in regulation 10 or 11:

   (a)  a reference to the election or candidature of any person at the
        previous election is to be taken, in so far as it concerns that seat
        or place, to be a reference to the election or candidature of that
        person at the by-election; and

   (b)  a reference to the votes received by a political party, group or
        independent candidate at the previous election, is to be taken, in so
        far as it concerns that seat or place, as a reference to the votes
        received at that by-election.