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1  Definitions
 (1) In this Schedule:
disclosure entity has the meaning given by:
 (a) section 321B of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918; or
 (b) paragraph (e) of the definition of disclosure entity in section 110A of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984.
election means an election to a Parliament or a local government authority of a State or Territory.
election advertisement, in relation to an election, means:
 (a) an advertisement:
 (i) that contains election matter that relates to that election; and
 (ii) in respect of the broadcasting of which the relevant licensee has received or is to receive, directly or indirectly, any money or other consideration; or
 (b) an announcement containing a statement to the effect that a program that is to be or has been broadcast is or was sponsored by a person or persons and indicating that the person is a candidate, or one or more of the persons is or are candidates, at the election; or
 (c) an announcement containing a statement to the effect that a program that is to be or has been broadcast is or was sponsored by a particular political party where a candidate at the election belongs to that party.
election matter, in relation to an election, means matter of any of the following kinds:
 (a) matter commenting on, or soliciting votes for, a candidate at the election;
 (b) matter commenting on, or advocating support of, a political party to which a candidate at the election belongs;
 (c) matter commenting on, stating or indicating any of the matters being submitted to the electors at the election or any part of the policy of a candidate at the election or of the political party to which a candidate at the election belongs;
 (d) matter referring to a meeting held or to be held in connection with the election.
election period means:
 (a) in relation to an election to the Legislative Council of Tasmania, or an ordinary election to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory—the period that starts 33 days before the polling day for the election and ends at the close of the poll on that day; and
 (b) in relation to any other election to a Parliament—the period that starts on:
 (i) the day on which the proposed polling day for the election is publicly announced; or
 (ii) the day on which the writs for the election are issued;
  whichever happens first, and ends at the close of the poll on the polling day for the election; and
 (c) in relation to an election to a local government authority—the period that starts 33 days before the polling day for the election and ends at the close of the poll on