NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

22 MARCH

Authorities and Other Agencies of State

Broadcasting Standards Authority

Broadcasting Act 1989

General Election 1990 Qualification of Political Parties for Allocation of Broadcasting Time for Election Programmes

The Broadcasting Standards Authority ("the Authority") gives notice, pursuant to section 73A of the Broadcasting Act 1989 (as amended by the Broadcasting Amendment Act 1990) ("the Act"), that any political party that considers that it will qualify for an allocation of time under section 74 of the Act for the broadcasting of election programmes during the election period associated with the 1990 General Election ("the election") must, pursuant to section 73A, notify the Authority in writing that it considers itself so qualified.

Any such notice must be received in writing by the Authority no later than noon on Friday, the 6th day of April 1990. It should be addressed to the Executive Officer, Broadcasting Standards Authority, Second floor, 54–56 Cambridge Terrace, P.O. Box 9213, Wellington.

Any political party that considers it will qualify for an allocation of time under section 74 of the Act in respect of the election period must state, pursuant to section 73A of the Act:

(a) the full name of the political party; and

(b) in respect of each person belonging to the political party who has declared his or her intention of becoming a candidate at the election:

(i) the full name of that person; and

(ii) the electoral district for which that person intends to be a candidate.

Under the provisions of section 73A (6) of the Act any such person named in a notice to the Authority shall, until noon on nomination day for the election, be deemed, for the purposes of subsection (1) (c) of section 75 of the Act to be a candidate at the election, whether that person is nominated or not.

The attention of political parties is drawn to section 75 (1) of the Act, which provide that:

"The Authority shall not allocate any time to a political party under section 74 of the Act, unless:

(a) That political party conducts its affairs throughout New Zealand and has a national organisation; and

(b) That political party has consistently expressed philosophies or policies on a range of issues over the 12 months immediately preceding the issue of the writ for the election; and

(c) In the case of a general election, persons belonging to that party are candidates at that general election for at least 10 seats in the House of Representatives."

The Authority is required by section 76 of the Act to consult with political parties. It will advise any party giving notice by the due date of a deadline for submissions from that party in support of its consideration that it qualifies for time, according to the criteria of section 75 (1); and for submissions on the allocation of time according to section 75 (2) and other relevant parts of the Act. (Such submissions may be forwarded with a party’s notice to the Authority of its qualification for time if a party wishes.) The Authority will advise each party of the date on which the party will meet with and be heard by the Authority.

The Act further provides, in section 76, that the failure of any political party to give notice in accordance with section 73A of the Act or to avail itself of the opportunity to meet with and be heard by the Authority under section 76, or to comply with any other request by the Authority shall not prevent the Authority from making decisions on the allocation of time, or affect the validity of those decisions.

G. POWELL, Executive Officer, Broadcasting Standards Authority.

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PostBank

Post Office Savings Bank Regulations 1985

Bonus Bonds Weekly Prize Draw No. 3, 17 March 1990

Pursuant to the Post Office Savings Bank Regulations 1985, notice is hereby given that the result of the weekly Prize Draw No. 3 for 17 March is as follows:

One prize of $50,000: 417 707242.

Twenty-five prizes of $5,000: 154 619227, 712 408095, 719 258651, 728 243997, 819 077153, 1825 193754, 2127 205765, 2416 716388, 2421 302344, 2525 023623, 2720 248717, 3029 265689, 5293 753385, 5483 352635, 5490 922561, 6197 880421, 6380 549846, 6499 373927, 7051 291431, 8299 432689, 8694 894234, 9292 325933, 9695 063872, 9882 104215 and 9883 416518.

[table of winning bonus bonds numbers omitted]

DAVID CAYGILL, Minister of Finance.

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