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Referendums Act 1997
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### sec.96B Returns by publishers
If a referendum has taken place, each publisher of a journal who, during the referendum period, published in the journal an advertisement relating to the referendum must, before the end of 8 weeks after the voting day in the referendum, give the commission a return, in an approved form, stating—
particulars of the journal in which the advertisement was published; and
the name and address of the person at whose request the advertisement was published; and
the name and address of the person with whose authority the advertisement was published; and
the date on which the advertisement was published; and
particulars of the page in the journal on which the advertisement was published and the space in the journal occupied by the advertisement; and
whether or not a charge was made by the publisher for the publication of the advertisement and, if a charge was made, specifying the amount of the charge.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
Subsection (1) applies to a publisher even if at the time the publisher published the advertisement the publisher was outside Queensland.
If, in a return under subsection (1) , the amount of a charge is specified by a publisher in relation to an advertisement, the publisher must, in the return, state whether or not the charge was a charge at less than normal commercial rates having regard to the space in the journal occupied by the advertisement and the nature of the journal.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
A publisher is not required to give a return under subsection (1) in relation to a referendum if the total amount of the charge made by the publisher for the publication of the advertisement referred to in the subsection and any other advertisement relating to a referendum that took place on the same day as the first-mentioned referendum does not exceed $1,000.
s 96B ins 2002 No. 8 s 73
(sec.96B-ssec.1) If a referendum has taken place, each publisher of a journal who, during the referendum period, published in the journal an advertisement relating to the referendum must, before the end of 8 weeks after the voting day in the referendum, give the commission a return, in an approved form, stating— particulars of the journal in which the advertisement was published; and the name and address of the person at whose request the advertisement was published; and the name and address of the person with whose authority the advertisement was published; and the date on which the advertisement was published; and particulars of the page in the journal on which the advertisement was published and the space in the journal occupied by the advertisement; and whether or not a charge was made by the publisher for the publication of the advertisement and, if a charge was made, specifying the amount of the charge. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.96B-ssec.1A) Subsection (1) applies to a publisher even if at the time the publisher published the advertisement the publisher was outside Queensland.
(sec.96B-ssec.2) If, in a return under subsection (1) , the amount of a charge is specified by a publisher in relation to an advertisement, the publisher must, in the return, state whether or not the charge was a charge at less than normal commercial rates having regard to the space in the journal occupied by the advertisement and the nature of the journal. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.96B-ssec.3) A publisher is not required to give a return under subsection (1) in relation to a referendum if the total amount of the charge made by the publisher for the publication of the advertisement referred to in the subsection and any other advertisement relating to a referendum that took place on the same day as the first-mentioned referendum does not exceed $1,000.
- (a) particulars of the journal in which the advertisement was published; and
- (aa) the name and address of the person at whose request the advertisement was published; and
- (b) the name and address of the person with whose authority the advertisement was published; and
- (c) the date on which the advertisement was published; and
- (d) particulars of the page in the journal on which the advertisement was published and the space in the journal occupied by the advertisement; and
- (e) whether or not a charge was made by the publisher for the publication of the advertisement and, if a charge was made, specifying the amount of the charge.