POLITICAL BROADCASTS AND POLITICAL DISCLOSURES ACT 1991 No. 203, 1991 - SECT 30

POLITICAL BROADCASTS AND POLITICAL DISCLOSURES ACT 1991 No. 203, 1991 - SECT 30

30. After section 386 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Particulars of candidates

"386A. (1) The Commission must, within the prescribed period in relation to
the next general election held after the commencement of this section, cause
documents to be prepared in accordance with the regulations and delivered to
each household in Australia.

"(2) Each document must, as far as practicable, be printed on recycled paper.

"(3) A document delivered to a household under his section must contain
relevant information about:

   (a)  each nominated House of Representatives candidate in the Division
        where the household is situated; and

   (b)  each nominated Senate candidate in the State or Territory where the
        household is situated; together with such policy statements as are
        prescribed.

"(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the following information is relevant
information about a candidate:

   (a)  the candidate's full name;

   (b)  the name of the registered political party (if any) which is to be
        printed adjacent to the candidate's name on the ballot paper for the
        forthcoming election under section 214;

   (c)  prescribed information (if any) about the candidate's qualifications,
        career, occupation and interests, being information supplied by the
        candidate to the Commission.

"(5) A document under this section must also contain:

   (a)  if a candidate to which it relates supplies the Commission with a
        photograph of the candidate - a black and white reproduction of the
        photograph in the prescribed form; or

   (b)  if no such photograph is supplied by a candidate, but the candidate
        supplies instead what purports to be a depiction of the logo of the
        registered political party which is to be printed adjacent to the
        candidate's name on the ballot paper for the forthcoming election
        under section 214 - a black and white reproduction of that depiction
        in the prescribed form.

"(6) Any failure by the Commission to comply with this section, or anything
contained in any document delivered under this section, has no effect:

   (a)  on the general election referred to in subsection (1) or on any Senate
        election conducted at the same time as that general election; or

   (b)  on the election of any person as a member of the House of
        Representatives or as a Senator as a result of such an election.

"(7) No civil or criminal action or proceeding of any kind lies against the
Commission or any other person (other than a candidate) or body in relation to
the preparation, publication or delivery of any document under this section,
or in relation to any matter contained in any such document.".