Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01041:clause:1b_198:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01041
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1B cl 198 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 274511–275601

to each member free of charge;
 (c) meets the requirements of any regulations made for the purposes of this subsection.

Declaration that report and response will be available

 (7) A declaration under paragraph (6)(b) must be signed by the secretary or other prescribed officer of the organisation or branch (as the case requires).

 (8) A person must not, in a declaration for the purposes of paragraph (6)(b), make a statement if the person knows, or is reckless as to whether, the statement is false or misleading.

Note: This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section 305).

Definitions

 (9) In this section:

appropriate newspaper, in relation to an organisation or branch, means a newspaper, or newspapers, whose circulation covers the main geographical areas where members of the organisation or branch reside.

next edition, in relation to publishing a relevant extract of a post‑election report or response in a journal, means the first edition of the journal in which it is reasonably practicable for the report or the response (as the case may be) to be published.