Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 1 POLITICAL BROADCASTS (AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY) REGULATIONS - REG 9

9. (1) For the purposes of section 95M of the Act, the order in which:

   (a)  political parties to which regulation 6 does not apply; and

   (b)  independent candidates; will be granted free time is as follows: FIRST
        A represented party that is contesting the election with fewer than 6
        candidates, or an independent candidate who was a Member of the
        Assembly immediately before the end of its last sittings held before
        the 1992 election.
If this circumstance applies to more than 1 party or candidate, the first
party or candidate to be granted free time is the one that received the
greater or greatest percentage of formal first preference votes in the 1989
election, followed by the other parties and candidates in descending order of
percentage of formal first preference votes.
If more than 1 party or candidate has the same percentage of formal first
preference votes, the order in which they will be granted free time will be
determined by a ballot conducted by the Tribunal. SECOND A new party that:

   (a)  contested the 1989 election; and

   (b)  received at least 4% of the formal first preference votes cast at that
        election.
If this circumstance applies to more than 1 party, the first party to be
granted free time is the one that received the greater or greatest percentage
of formal first preference votes in the 1989 election, followed by the other
parties in descending order of percentage of formal first preference votes.
If more than 1 party has the same percentage of formal first preference votes,
the order in which they will be granted free time will be determined by a
ballot conducted by the Tribunal. THIRD An independent candidate who:

   (a)  was not a member of the Assembly immediately before the end of its
        last sittings held before the 1992 election; and

   (b)  contested the 1989 election; and

   (c)  received at least 4% of the formal first preference votes cast at that
        election.
If this circumstance applies to more than 1 candidate, the first candidate to
be granted free time will be determined by a ballot conducted by the Tribunal.
FOURTH A new party that:

   (a)  contested the 1989 election; and

   (b)  received less than 4% of the formal first preference votes cast at
        that election.
If this circumstance applies to more than 1 party, the first party to be
granted free time is the one that received the greater or greatest percentage
of formal first preference votes in the 1989 election, followed by the other
parties in descending order of percentage of formal first preference votes.
If more than 1 party has the same percentage of formal first preference votes,
the order in which they will be granted free time will be determined by a
ballot conducted by the Tribunal. FIFTH A new party that did not contest the
1989 election.
If this circumstance applies to more than 1 party, the first party to be
granted free time is the one with more or the most number of candidates,
followed by the other candidates in descending order of number of candidates.
If more than 1 party has the same number of candidates, the order in which
they will be granted free time will be determined by a ballot conducted by the
Tribunal. SIXTH Other independent candidates.
If this includes more than 1 candidate, the order in which they will be
granted free time will be determined by a ballot conducted by the Tribunal.

(2) 10 minutes of free time will be granted to each political party or
independent candidate:

   (a)  in the order set out in subregulation (1); and

   (b)  until the time available to be granted is less than 10 minutes.