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Queensland
Strong Advertising
Restrictions (Safeguarding
Taxpayers' Funds) Bill 2014
Queensland
Strong Advertising Restrictions
(Safeguarding Taxpayers' Funds) Bill 2014
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act binds all persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 2 Interpretation
3 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 What is government advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 3 Restrictions on government advertising
5 Restrictions on government advertising outside pre-election period 5
6 Restriction on government advertising during pre-election period 5
Part 4 Compliance certificates
7 Accountable person to submit proposal for government advertising to
committee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Committee may seek additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Committee to decide whether to issue compliance certificate . . . 7
10 Committee to give reasons for decision about issuing compliance
certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Part 5 Advertising Review Committee
Division 1 Establishment of committee
11 Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
14 Independence of committee and committee members . . . . . . . . 8
Division 2 Membership of committee
15 Membership and eligibility for appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
16 Term of appointment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
17 Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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18 Chairperson of committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
19 Report about criminal history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
20 Disclosure of changes in criminal history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
21 Disclosure of interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
22 Termination of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
23 Vacation of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
24 Casual vacancy in committee member's office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Division 3 Committee's business and meetings
25 Conduct of business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
26 Committee meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
27 Quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
28 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Part 6 Committee reports
29 Committee to prepare reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
30 Committee may prepare additional report including sensitive information
15
Part 7 Miscellaneous
31 Summary offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
32 Accountable persons to do things jointly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
33 Finance committee to do things by bipartisan resolution . . . . . . . 16
34 Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Schedule 1 Advertising code of conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Schedule 2 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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2014
A Bill
for
An Act to restrict government advertising in particular
circumstances, to codify principles for government advertising
and to establish the Advertising Review Committee to review
and report on government advertising
Strong Advertising Restrictions (Safeguarding Taxpayers' Funds) Bill 2014
Part 1 Preliminary
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Strong Advertising Restrictions 4
(Safeguarding Taxpayers' Funds) Act 2014. 5
2 Act binds all persons 6
This Act binds all persons, including the State. 7
Part 2 Interpretation 8
3 Dictionary 9
The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in 10
this Act. 11
4 What is government advertising 12
Government advertising is advertising-- 13
(a) prepared or communicated by or for the State; and 14
(b) that costs more than $100,000 to prepare and 15
communicate. 16
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Part 3 Restrictions on government advertising
[s 5]
Part 3 Restrictions on government 1
advertising 2
5 Restrictions on government advertising outside 3
pre-election period 4
(1) This section applies to government advertising prepared or 5
communicated outside a pre-election period. 6
(2) The accountable person of a government entity must ensure 7
that the entity does not prepare or communicate government 8
advertising unless a compliance certificate has been issued for 9
the government advertising. 10
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 2 years 11
imprisonment. 12
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to government advertising 13
prepared or communicated in relation to an emergency 14
situation. 15
6 Restriction on government advertising during 16
pre-election period 17
(1) This section applies to government advertising prepared or 18
communicated during a pre-election period. 19
(2) The accountable person of a government entity must ensure 20
the entity does not prepare or communicate government 21
advertising unless-- 22
(a) the government advertising either-- 23
(i) advertises matters within the ordinary business of 24
government, including community consultation, 25
events or programs available to the general public; 26
or 27
(ii) communicates information to educate the 28
community about government campaigns, 29
including about road safety or public health; and 30
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Part 4 Compliance certificates
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(b) a compliance certificate has been issued for the 1
government advertising. 2
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 2 years 3
imprisonment. 4
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to government advertising 5
prepared or communicated in relation to an emergency 6
situation. 7
Part 4 Compliance certificates 8
7 Accountable person to submit proposal for government 9
advertising to committee 10
(1) The accountable person of a government entity must submit 11
each proposal for government advertising for the entity to the 12
committee. 13
(2) The proposal must-- 14
(a) include the proposed cost of the government 15
advertising; and 16
(b) describe the purpose of the government advertising; and 17
(c) describe the type of advertising proposed to be used for 18
the government advertising; and 19
(d) include other sufficient information about the proposed 20
government advertising for the committee to decide 21
whether the government advertising complies with the 22
advertising code of conduct; and 23
(e) be signed by the accountable person for the government 24
entity. 25
8 Committee may seek additional information 26
(1) If the committee considers it needs additional information to 27
decide if the proposal complies with the advertising code of 28
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Part 4 Compliance certificates
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conduct, the committee may give a written notice to the 1
accountable person stating-- 2
(a) the additional information required by the committee; 3
and 4
(b) the reasonable period by which the accountable person 5
must provide the information to the committee. 6
(2) The accountable person must comply with the committee's 7
request for additional information within the period stated in 8
the notice. 9
9 Committee to decide whether to issue compliance 10
certificate 11
After considering whether the proposal for government advertising 12
complies with the advertising code of conduct, the committee must 13
either-- 14
(a) issue a compliance certificate to the accountable person 15
for the proposed government advertising; or 16
(b) refuse to issue the compliance certificate. 17
10 Committee to give reasons for decision about issuing 18
compliance certificate 19
(1) The committee must give written reasons to the following 20
persons for a decision to issue, or refuse to issue, a 21
compliance certificate for government advertising-- 22
(a) the accountable person of the government entity that 23
submitted the proposal for the government advertising 24
to the committee; 25
(b) the Speaker. 26
(2) The Speaker must table the written reasons in the Legislative 27
Assembly. 28
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Part 5 Advertising Review Committee
[s 11]
Part 5 Advertising Review Committee 1
Division 1 Establishment of committee 2
11 Establishment 3
The Advertising Review Committee is established. 4
12 Function 5
The function of the committee is to decide whether or not to 6
issue compliance certificates under this Act for proposed 7
government advertising. 8
13 Powers 9
(1) The committee has the powers necessary or convenient to 10
perform the committee's function. 11
(2) The committee also has the other powers given to the 12
committee under this Act or another Act. 13
14 Independence of committee and committee members 14
In performing the function or exercising powers of the 15
committee, the committee and each committee member-- 16
(a) must act independently, impartially and fairly; and 17
(b) is not subject to direction or control by any entity, 18
including any Minister or the finance committee. 19
Division 2 Membership of committee 20
15 Membership and eligibility for appointment 21
(1) The committee consists of 5 persons appointed by the 22
Governor in Council. 23
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(2) However, the Governor in Council may only appoint a person 1
to be a member of the committee if the person is nominated by 2
the finance committee. 3
(3) The finance committee must nominate at least 1 lawyer to be a 4
member of the committee. 5
(4) A person is eligible for appointment as a committee member 6
only if-- 7
(a) the finance committee is satisfied the person is suitable 8
for the appointment; and 9
(b) the person has extensive knowledge of, and experience 10
in, 1 or more of the following-- 11
(i) consumer protection; 12
(ii) community affairs; 13
(iii) law; 14
(iv) public administration; 15
(v) public finance; 16
(vi) media or communications. 17
(5) However, a person is not eligible for appointment as a 18
committee member if the person is a public service employee. 19
16 Term of appointment 20
(1) A committee member is appointed for 5 years. 21
(2) A committee member may be reappointed. 22
17 Conditions of appointment 23
(1) A committee member-- 24
(a) is appointed on a part-time basis; and 25
(b) is entitled to be paid the remuneration and allowances 26
decided by the Governor in Council; and 27
(c) holds office on the conditions not provided for in this 28
Act that are decided by the Governor in Council. 29
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(2) A committee member is appointed under this Act and not the 1
Public Service Act 2008. 2
18 Chairperson of committee 3
(1) The Governor in Council must appoint 1 committee member 4
to be the chairperson of the committee. 5
(2) However, the Governor in Council may only appoint a 6
committee member to be the chairperson if the person is 7
nominated by the finance committee to be the chairperson. 8
(3) The committee member may be appointed as the chairperson 9
at the same time as the person is appointed as a committee 10
member. 11
(4) The chairperson holds office for the term of the chairperson's 12
appointment as a committee member. 13
19 Report about criminal history 14
(1) This section applies to the following persons-- 15
(a) a committee member; 16
(b) a person being considered for appointment as a 17
committee member (a prospective member). 18
(2) For deciding the suitability of the person who is a committee 19
member or prospective member, the finance committee 20
chairperson may ask the commissioner of the police service 21
for-- 22
(a) a written report about the person's criminal history; and 23
(b) a brief description of the circumstances of a conviction 24
mentioned in the criminal history. 25
(3) However, if the request relates to a prospective member, the 26
finance committee chairperson may make the request only if 27
the person has given the finance committee chairperson 28
written consent for the request. 29
(4) The commissioner of the police service must comply with the 30
request. 31
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(5) However, subsection (4) applies only in relation to 1
information in the commissioner's possession or to which the 2
commissioner has access. 3
(6) The finance committee chairperson must ensure a report given 4
to the finance committee chairperson under this section is 5
destroyed as soon as practicable after it is no longer needed to 6
decide the person's suitability to be, or continue to be, a 7
committee member. 8
20 Disclosure of changes in criminal history 9
(1) If there is a change in the criminal history of a committee 10
member, the member must, unless the member has a 11
reasonable excuse, immediately disclose the change to the 12
finance committee chairperson. 13
(2) To comply with subsection (1), the information disclosed 14
about a conviction for an offence in the committee member's 15
criminal history must include the following-- 16
(a) the existence of the conviction; 17
(b) when the offence was committed; 18
(c) enough details to identify the offence; 19
(d) whether or not a conviction was recorded; 20
(e) the sentence imposed on the member. 21
21 Disclosure of interests 22
(1) This section applies to a committee member if-- 23
(a) the committee member has a direct or indirect interest, 24
financial or otherwise, in a matter being considered or 25
about to be considered by the committee; and 26
(b) the interest could conflict with the proper performance 27
of the committee member's duties for considering the 28
matter. 29
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(2) As soon as practicable after the relevant facts come to the 1
committee member's knowledge, the member must disclose 2
the nature of the interest at a meeting of the committee. 3
(3) The committee member must not take part, or take further 4
part, in any consideration of, or decision about, the matter 5
without the consent of the other members. 6
(4) If-- 7
(a) because of this section, a committee member is not 8
present at a meeting of the committee for consideration 9
of, or decision about, the matter; and 10
(b) there would be a quorum if the member were present; 11
the remaining members present are a quorum of the 12
committee for considering or deciding the matter at the 13
meeting. 14
(5) A disclosure under subsection (2) must be recorded in the 15
committee's minutes. 16
(6) Subsection (4) applies despite section 27. 17
22 Termination of appointment 18
On the recommendation of the finance committee, the 19
Governor in Council may, at any time, remove a person from 20
office as a committee member if the person-- 21
(a) is physically or mentally incapable of satisfactorily 22
performing the functions of a member; or 23
(b) ceases to be eligible for appointment under section 15; 24
or 25
(c) has engaged in conduct that could justify dismissal from 26
the public service if the member were a public service 27
officer; or 28
(d) fails to comply with section 20(1) or 21(2) or (3). 29
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23 Vacation of office 1
The office of a committee member becomes vacant if the 2
member-- 3
(a) resigns the member's office by signed notice of 4
resignation given to the finance committee chairperson; 5
or 6
(b) is removed from office under section 22; or 7
(c) completes a term of office but is not reappointed. 8
24 Casual vacancy in committee member's office 9
(1) If a vacancy happens in the office of a member (the vacating 10
member) during the currency of the member's term of 11
appointment, another person (the new member) must be 12
appointed by the finance committee to fill the vacancy. 13
(2) Despite section 16(1), the new member's appointment 14
continues only for the remainder of the vacating member's 15
term of appointment. 16
(3) The new member must be eligible for appointment under 17
section 15. 18
Division 3 Committee's business and 19
meetings 20
25 Conduct of business 21
Subject to this Act, the committee may conduct its business, 22
including its meetings, in the way it considers appropriate. 23
26 Committee meetings 24
(1) Meetings of the committee are to be held at the times and 25
places the chairperson decides. 26
(2) The chairperson must preside at all meetings at which the 27
chairperson is present. 28
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(3) If the chairperson is absent from a meeting, another 1
committee member nominated by the chairperson must 2
preside. 3
(4) A meeting of the committee may be held using any 4
technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and 5
continuous communication between committee members. 6
Example of use of technology-- 7
teleconferencing 8
(5) A committee member who takes part in a meeting under 9
subsection (4) is taken to be present at the meeting. 10
(6) A decision, including a decision about issuing a compliance 11
certificate, is validly made by the committee even if it is not 12
made at a committee meeting, if-- 13
(a) notice of the decision is given under procedures 14
approved by the committee; and 15
(b) the decision is made by the quorum required for the 16
decision under section 27. 17
27 Quorum 18
(1) For making a decision about issuing a compliance certificate, 19
a quorum is 3 committee members. 20
(2) For deciding another matter, a quorum is 2 committee 21
members. 22
28 Minutes 23
(1) The committee must keep minutes of its meetings. 24
(2) The minutes must include a record of all decisions, including 25
decisions about issuing compliance certificates, of the 26
committee. 27
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Part 6 Committee reports
[s 29]
Part 6 Committee reports 1
29 Committee to prepare reports 2
(1) The committee must prepare a report about government 3
advertising for the following periods (each a reporting 4
period)-- 5
(a) each financial year; 6
(b) each pre-election period. 7
(2) The committee must include information in the report about 8
government advertising for the reporting period, including, for 9
example, information about-- 10
(a) whether compliance certificates were issued for the 11
advertising; and 12
(b) if compliance certificates were issued, the reasons for 13
issuing the certificates; and 14
(c) the actual costs of the government advertising; and 15
(d) the types of advertising used. 16
(3) The committee must not include information in the report 17
that, in the reasonable opinion of the committee, is sensitive 18
information. 19
(4) The committee must give the report to the Speaker-- 20
(a) for a report for a pre-election period--14 days before 21
the election day; or 22
(b) for a report for a financial year--within 3 months after 23
the end of the financial year. 24
(5) The Speaker must table the committee's report in the 25
Legislative Assembly. 26
30 Committee may prepare additional report including 27
sensitive information 28
(1) If the committee does not include sensitive information in a 29
report under section 29, the committee may-- 30
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Part 7 Miscellaneous
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(a) prepare another report including the sensitive 1
information; and 2
(b) give the report to the finance committee. 3
(2) The finance committee may only consider the sensitive 4
information in the report in private session. 5
Part 7 Miscellaneous 6
31 Summary offences 7
An offence against this Act is a summary offence. 8
32 Accountable persons to do things jointly 9
(1) This section applies if a government entity has more than 1 10
accountable person. 11
(2) For this Act-- 12
(a) if a thing is required to be, or may be, done by the 13
accountable person of a government entity, the thing is 14
to be done by each accountable person jointly; and 15
(b) if a thing is required to be, or may be, given to the 16
accountable person of a government entity, the thing is 17
to be given to each of the accountable persons. 18
33 Finance committee to do things by bipartisan resolution 19
If this Act provides for a thing to be done by the finance 20
committee, the finance committee is to do the thing by 21
resolution passed by the finance committee with the support 22
of-- 23
(a) the members of the finance committee unanimously; or 24
(b) a majority of the members of the finance committee, 25
other than a majority consisting wholly of members of 26
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Part 7 Miscellaneous
[s 34]
the political party or parties in government in the 1
Legislative Assembly. 2
34 Regulation-making power 3
The Governor in Council may make regulations under this 4
Act. 5
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Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Advertising code of conduct 1
schedule 2, definition advertising code of conduct 2
Government advertising should be planned, developed, implemented, 3
funded and evaluated in accordance with the principles stated in this 4
schedule. 5
1 Government advertising must directly and obviously benefit 6
the people of Queensland. 7
2 Government advertising must be directed at, and focused on, 8
the sections of the community to which it is relevant. It must 9
have an educative or informative role dealing with something 10
that is new or about which the community is unaware or 11
unclear. 12
3 The clear benefit from any government advertising must be in 13
its informative or educative role so that there can be no 14
perception of any party-political benefit. 15
4 Government advertising may benefit the community if it, for 16
example-- 17
(a) advertises programs in the ordinary business of 18
government, including community consultation, events 19
or programs available to the general public; or 20
(b) communicates information to educate the community, 21
including about road safety or health issues. 22
5 Government advertising must be presented in objective 23
language and be free of political argument. 24
6 Government advertising must not try to foster a positive 25
impression of a particular political party or promote 26
party-political interests. 27
7 Government advertising must not-- 28
(a) mention the party in government by name; or 29
(b) directly attack or scorn the views, policies or action of 30
others such as the policies and opinions of other 31
political groups; or 32
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(c) include party-political slogans or images; or 1
(d) be designed to influence public support for a political 2
party, a candidate for election or a Member of 3
Parliament; or 4
(e) refer or link to the websites of politicians or political 5
parties. 6
8 Money designated for service delivery by a government entity 7
must not be diverted to the cost of government advertising. 8
Note-- 9
This code applies to government advertising, which is defined in 10
schedule 2 to include print advertising (e.g. newspapers, magazines and 11
inserts), electronic advertising (e.g. television, radio and internet), 12
outdoor media (e.g. billboards, bus/taxi advertisements) and all other 13
types of media services covered under the Queensland Government 14
Master Media Advertising Placement Services Standing Offer 15
Arrangement. Additionally, brochures, newsletters, direct mail outs and 16
other forms of communications must conform to this code. 17
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Schedule 2
Schedule 2 Dictionary 1
section 3 2
accountable person, of a government entity, means-- 3
(a) for a department--each of the following-- 4
(i) the Minister administering the department; 5
(ii) the chief executive administering the department; 6
or 7
(b) for a statutory body--the person appointed as the 8
accountable officer for the government entity under the 9
Financial Accountability Act 2009. 10
advertising includes-- 11
(a) print advertising, including advertising in newspapers, 12
magazines, letters and brochures; and 13
(b) advertising by electronic means, including advertising 14
on television, radio and the internet; and 15
(c) outdoor advertising, including advertising on billboards 16
and motor vehicles; and 17
(d) advertising covered under an agreement entered into by 18
the State for placing advertisements in media. 19
Example of an agreement-- 20
the Queensland Government Master Media Advertising 21
Placement Services Standing Offer Arrangement 22
advertising code of conduct means the code of conduct stated 23
in schedule 1. 24
chairperson means the chairperson of the committee 25
appointed under section 18. 26
committee means the Advertising Review Committee 27
established under section 11. 28
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compliance certificate means a certificate issued by the 1
committee stating a proposal for government advertising 2
complies with the advertising code of conduct. 3
criminal history, of a person, means the person's criminal 4
history as defined under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of 5
Offenders) Act 1986 to the extent the criminal history relates 6
to indictable offences, other than spent convictions. 7
election day means the day the general election is, or is to be, 8
held. 9
emergency situation see the Public Safety Preservation Act 10
1986, schedule. 11
finance committee means the portfolio committee established 12
under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, section 88 that 13
is primarily responsible for considering matters within the 14
responsibility of the Minister administering the Financial 15
Accountability Act 2009. 16
finance committee chairperson means the member of the 17
finance committee nominated as chairperson of the finance 18
committee under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, 19
section 91(3). 20
general election means an election for the members of the 21
Legislative Assembly. 22
government advertising see section 4. 23
government entity means-- 24
(a) a department under the Financial Accountability Act 25
2009, section 8; or 26
(b) a statutory body under the Financial Accountability Act 27
2009, section 9. 28
pre-election period means either-- 29
(a) the period-- 30
(i) beginning on the day (the relevant day) that is 2 31
years and 6 months after the most recent election 32
day; and 33
(ii) ending on the next election day; or 34
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(b) if the Governor issues a writ for the general election 1
under the Electoral Act 1992, section 82(1)(a) before the 2
relevant day--the period-- 3
(i) beginning on the day the Governor issues the writ 4
for the general election; and 5
(ii) ending on the next election day. 6
prepare, for government advertising, does not include 7
preparing a proposal for the advertising to be given to the 8
committee under section 7. 9
sensitive information means the following information that is 10
not publicly available-- 11
(a) personal information; 12
(b) trade secrets; 13
(c) confidential information that has commercial value or is 14
about the business, commercial or financial interests of 15
an entity; 16
(d) information that would prejudice-- 17
(i) the investigation or prosecution of a contravention 18
of a law; or 19
(ii) the relationship between the State and the 20
Commonwealth or another State. 21
spent conviction means a conviction-- 22
(a) for which the rehabilitation period under the Criminal 23
Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 has expired 24
under that Act; and 25
(b) that is not revived as prescribed by section 11 of that 26
Act. 27
Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel
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