(1)
In every year in which Parliament is due to expire, the Electoral Commission must specify, by notice in the Gazette, a date by which a party must notify the Electoral Commission that it considers itself qualified to receive an allocation of the money referred to in section 74.
(2)
The date specified under subsection (1) may be a date before the beginning of the election period that will apply in relation to the general election to be held in that year.
Compare: 1989 No 25 s 70A(1), (2)
Section 75: replaced, on 21 March 2017, by section 4 of the Broadcasting (Election Programmes and Election Advertising) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 8).