Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1989 No. 3 A.C.T. SELF-GOVERNMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE

                               SCHEDULE                        Regulation 2

MODIFICATIONS
Broadcasting Act 1942 After subsection 116 (3):
Insert the following subsection:

"(3A) Subsection (3) applies to the first general election for the Legislative
Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory as if all the words from and
including ', being parties' to the end of the subsection were omitted.".
Paragraph 116 (4) (a):
After "issued" insert "or, in the case of a general election for the
Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory, the pre-election
period within the meaning of the Australian Capital 
Territory (Electoral) Act 1988 has begun". Subsection 116 (6) (definition of
"election period"):
Omit the definition, substitute:

"election period", in relation to an election means the period that begins:

   (a)  in relation to a general election for the Legislative Assembly of the
        Australian Capital Territory-on the day that is the first day of the
        pre-election period within the meaning of the Australian Capital 
        Territory (Electoral) Act 1988 ; or

   (b)  in any other case-on the day on which the writ for the election is
        issued;
and ends at the close of the poll on the polling day for the election;".
Subsection 117 (4) (subparagraph (b) (ii) of the definition of "required
period"):
Omit the subparagraph, substitute:

"(ii) if that period ends before the day on which the writ for the election is
returned or, in the case of a general election for the Legislative Assembly of
the Australian Capital Territory, the day on which the result of the election
is declared under section 283 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act  1918 as
applied by the Australian Capital Territory (Electoral) Act 1988-the day on
which the writ is so returned or the result is so declared, as the case may
be;".