Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 489 POLITICAL BROADCASTS (NEW SOUTH WALES) REGULATIONS - REG 5

5. (1) For the purposes of subsection 95DD (2) of the Act, the amount of free
time to which a represented party is entitled is calculated in the following
manner:
Step 1   Identify each Member of Parliament who:

(a) was a member of a represented party (the "current party") in the
Parliament immediately before the end of its last sittings held before the
next election; and

   (b)  was elected at the 1991 election as:

        (i)    an independent candidate; or

        (ii)   a candidate for a political party other than his or her
               current party.
He or she is a "transferring Member".
Step 2   If a transferring Member was an independent candidate for election to
the Parliament at the 1991 election:

   (a)  identify the number of formal first preference votes that he or she
        received at the 1991 election; and

   (b)  give the votes to his or her current party for the purpose of
        calculating its voting share. This step applies whether or not the
        Member is contesting the next election.
Step 3   If a transferring Member was a candidate for election to the
Parliament for a political party at the 1991 election:

   (a)  divide the number of formal first preference votes that the party
        received at the 1991 election by the number of candidates elected to
        the Parliament; and

   (b)  give the number of votes obtained under paragraph (a) to the current
        party for the purpose of calculating its voting share. This step
        applies whether or not the Member is contesting the next election. If
        the party referred to in paragraph (a) contested the 1991 election
        under a formal coalition agreement, the reference in that paragraph to
        the number of formal first preference votes that the party received
        does not include formal first preference votes obtained by other
        parties in the agreement. For the purpose of calculating the
        voting share of the party that the transferring Member represented at
        the 1991 election, take the number of votes obtained under paragraph
        (a) from the number of formal first preference votes that it received
        at the 1991 election.
Step 4   After votes have been given in relation to all transferring Members,
calculate an amount of free time for each party using the formula:
total time x 0.9 x party's voting share
total voting share.
Step 5   Reduce the amount obtained in Step 4 to the nearest whole number that
is evenly divisible by the number of broadcasters that are required to make
broadcasts in the campaign period. This is the amount of free time to be
granted to the party.