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Broadcasting Act 1989

Electoral broadcasting - Funding for election programmes and election advertisements in relation to general election

78: Criteria for allocating money to party

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"How election money is shared among political parties"

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You can get some money to help with election programmes and advertisements if you are a party. You must have given the Electoral Commission a notice as required by section 76 and been registered on the Register of Political Parties when Parliament ended. The Electoral Commission looks at how many people voted for you in the last general election and any by-elections when deciding how much money to give you. You also need to have been registered as a party when Parliament ended. The Electoral Commission considers many things when allocating money, including how many members of Parliament belonged to your party and how many people support you. They want to make sure each party has a fair chance to tell the public about their policies on television. The Electoral Commission thinks about the results of public opinion polls and the number of party members when deciding. They aim to provide a fair opportunity for each party to convey its policies to the public by broadcasting election programmes on television, as mentioned in section 74. This helps you understand how the money is allocated to parties for election programmes and advertisements.

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Part 6Electoral broadcasting
Funding for election programmes and election advertisements in relation to general election

78Criteria for allocating money to party

  1. A party may only receive an allocation of the money referred to in section 74 if the party—

  2. has provided to the Electoral Commission a notice in accordance with section 76; and
    1. was registered on the Register of Political Parties at the time of the dissolution or expiry of Parliament.

      1. In allocating money to a party, the Electoral Commission must have regard to—

      2. the number of persons who voted at the immediately preceding general election for that party and for candidates belonging to that party; and
        1. the number of persons who voted at any by-election held since the immediately preceding general election for any candidate belonging to that party; and
          1. the number of members of Parliament who were members of that party immediately before the dissolution or expiration of Parliament; and
            1. any relationships that exist between a party and any other party; and
              1. any other indications of public support for that party, such as the results of public opinion polls and the number of persons who are members of that party; and
                1. the need to provide a fair opportunity for each party to which subsection (1) applies to convey its policies to the public by the broadcasting of election programmes on television.

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                  • Section 78: replaced, on , by section 4 of the Broadcasting (Election Programmes and Election Advertising) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 8).