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behalf of the government, or a government authority, of the Australian Capital Territory during the period that:

    (a) starts 3 calendar months before the day on which the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory is next due to expire; and

    (b) ends immediately before the start of the election period in relation to the next ordinary election to the Legislative Assembly.

"(4) In this section:

'election' does not include a by-election;

'prescribed day' means:

    (a) in relation to the Parliament of the Commonwealth—the day that occurs 3 calendar months before the day on which the House of Representatives is next due to expire; and

    (b) in relation to the legislature of a Territory—the day that occurs

3 calendar months before the day on which the legislature is next due to expire.

"Division 3—Free election broadcasting time

Application of Division to radio broadcasts

"95f. (1) Nothing in this Division is to be treated as requiring or permitting the Service or a licensee to broadcast an election broadcast by radio.

"(2) Nothing in this Division is to be treated as requiring the Corporation to broadcast an election broadcast by radio other than on its metropolitan and regional AM networks.

"(3) Despite section 95g, the Corporation may broadcast by radio a broadcast that complies with paragraphs 95g (a) to (e), inclusive, but which lasts for longer than 1 minute, and any such broadcast is taken to be an election broadcast for the purposes of this Division.

"(4) Despite anything in this Division, the Corporation may determine the times when it broadcasts election broadcasts by radio.

Election broadcasts

"95g. Subject to section 95f, a broadcast made on behalf of a political party, a candidate or a group in relation to an election is, for the purposes of this Division, taken to be an election broadcast if, and only if:

    (a) the broadcast is of an advertisement that consists of words spoken by a single speaker (without dramatic enactment or impersonation) accompanied, where the advertisement is televised, by a transmitted image that consists of the head and shoulders of the speaker; and

    (b) the broadcast does not include any other image, or includes a single additional static background image only; and

    (c) no other vocal sounds are included in the broadcast; and

    (d) the speaker is a candidate in the election or a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or a State, or of a legislature of a Territory; and

    (e) if section 117 applies—the required particulars within the meaning of that section are announced by the person who speaks the words of the advertisement; and

    (f) the broadcast lasts for:

         (i) in the case of a televised broadcast—2 minutes; and

         (ii) in