BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) (i) that contains election matter relating 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 programme 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 programme 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”, in relation to an election for the office of President or for Parliament, or a referendum, means the period that starts thirty-three days before the polling day for the election and ends at the close of the poll on that day; “medicine” means a medicine within the meaning of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act [Chapter 15:03]; “person” includes a political party, whether incorporated or unincorporated; “political matter” means any political matter, including the policy launch of a political party; “referendum” means the submission to the electors of a proposed matter or law whether or not the proposal to make the submission has been announced; “relevant period”, in relation to an election, means the period that commences four days before the polling day for the election and ends at the close of the poll on the last polling day; “required particulars”, in relation to a political matter that is broadcast, means⎯ (a) if the broadcasting was authorised by a political party⎯ (i) the name of the political party; and (ii) the town, city or suburb in which the principal office of the political party is situated; and (iii) the name of the natural person responsible for giving effect to the authorisation; and (b) if the broadcasting of the political matter was authorised by a person other than a political party⎯ (i) the name of the person who authorised the broadcasting of the political matter; and (ii) the town, city or suburb in which the person lives or, if the person is a corporation or association, in which the principal office of the person is situated; and (c) the name of every speaker who, either in person or by means of a sound recording device, delivers an address or makes a statement that forms part of that matter. “required period”, in relation to the keeping of a record in relation to political matter, means⎯ (a) subject to paragraph (b), the period of six weeks commencing on the day on which the matter was broadcast; or (b) if the matter relates to an election and was broadcast during the election period in relation to the election, the period commencing on the day on which the matter was broadcast and - 53 -