14 16B Application of Part IVA in relation to other media laws In the event of inconsistency between this Part and the Broadcasting Services [Chapter 12:06] (No. 3 of 2001), the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy [Chapter 10:27] (No. 5 of 2002) or any other enactment, this Part shall prevail over that enactment to the extent of the inconsistency. 16C Access to public broadcasting media (1) Public broadcasters shall afford all political parties and independent candidates contesting an election such free access to their broadcasting services as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Commission, with the approval of the Minister, in terms of section 19. (2) Regulations referred to in subsection (1) shall provide for⎯ (a) the total time to be allocated to each political party and candidate and the duration of each broadcast that may be made by or on behalf of a party or candidate; and (b) the times at which broadcasts made by political parties and candidates are to be transmitted; and (c) the areas to which broadcasts made by political parties and candidates are to be transmitted; and the regulations shall ensure⎯ (d) a fair and balanced allocation of time between each political party and independent candidate; (e) that each political party and independent candidate is allowed a reasonable opportunity to present a case through the broadcasting service concerned. 16D Political advertising in broadcasting and print media (1) A broadcaster or print publisher shall not be obliged, subject to section 16B, to publish any advertisement by or on behalf of a political party or candidate contesting an election, but if the broadcaster or publisher is prepared to publish any such advertisement⎯ (a) it shall offer the same terms and conditions of publication, without discrimination, to all the political parties and candidates contesting the election; and (b) the price it charges for publication shall be at the lowest rate it offers to publishers of commercial advertisements; and (c) every such publication shall be identified clearly as an advertisement. (2) Subsection (1) shall not be construed as obliging a broadcaster or print publisher to publish an advertisement which would render the broadcaster or publisher liable to any criminal or delictual penalty. 16E Publication of electoral information in public interest (1) If required to do so by the Commission, broadcasters and print publishers shall publish statements issued by the Commission for the purpose of informing voters about aspects of the electoral process.