Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 260 POLITICAL BROADCASTS (COMMONWEALTH 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 the 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, if a by-election to the Parliament has
occurred since the previous election to fill a vacant seat or place, then, in
regulation 11 or 12:

   (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.