Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 259 POLITICAL BROADCASTS (STATE AND TERRITORY ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS - REG 8

8. (1) For the purposes of the definition of total time in subsection 95H (4)
of the Act, the total free time available in respect of an election is the
number of minutes calculated using the formula:
MB x NB where: MB is the number of minutes of free time for each broadcaster
calculated in accordance with subregulation (2) or (3), as the case may be; NB
is the number of broadcasters in the State or Territory concerned.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the free time for each broadcaster
in relation to an election to a State Parliament is the number of minutes
calculated using the formula:
4 x ABD where: ABD is the number of available broadcast days.

(3) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the free time for each broadcaster
in relation to an election to the legislature of a Territory is the number of
minutes calculated using the formula:
2 x ABD where: ABD is the number of available broadcast days.