Broadcasting Amendment Act 2004

17 New sections 79C and 79D substituted

• The principal Act is amended by repealing section 79C, and substituting the following sections:

  “79C Returns in relation to broadcasting time

  • “(1) After each election, every broadcaster must give the Electoral Commission a complete and accurate written statement of the election programmes broadcast by that broadcaster during the 3-month period immediately preceding polling day for the election.

    “(2) The statement must be given to the Electoral Commission no later than 10 working days after the end of the month in which the election was held.

    “(3) The statement must set out the following information in relation to each election programme:

    • “(a) the candidate or political party for whom the election programme was broadcast:

    • “(b) the length of the election programme and the time at which it was broadcast:

    • “(c) the date on which the election programme was broadcast:

    • “(d) the amount paid for the broadcasting of the election programme, and the rate or rates by which that amount was fixed.

    “(4) The statement must be signed by or on behalf of the broadcaster.

  “79D Returns to be available for public inspection

  • The Electoral Commission must, not later than 3 working days after it receives a statement under section 79C, make the statement available for public inspection, without payment, at any time between 9 am and 4 pm, on any day on which the office of the Electoral Commission is open.”