Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 3 POLITICAL BROADCASTS (NEW SOUTH WALES) REGULATIONS - REG 5

5. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 95H (1) (b) of the Act, the prescribed
number of candidates in relation to a represented party is 33.

(2) Subregulation (3) applies to a represented party if:

   (a)  in the Parliament immediately before the end of its last sittings held
        before the next election, the party acted under a formal coalition
        agreement with 1 or more other parties; and

   (b)  the party contests the next election under that agreement.

(3) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the party is taken to contest the
next election with the total number of candidates contesting the election for
all parties under the coalition agreement. (NOTE: The effect of subsection 95H
(1) of the Act is that the Tribunal must grant a period of free time to a
represented party that is contesting the next election with at least the
prescribed number of candidates.)