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"Point in Time" Regulation Content

Election Act

Election Communications Regulation

B.C. Reg. 129/96

 Note: This regulation has been placed in the Regulations Point in Time collection. This regulation is not repealed.

B.C. Reg. 129/96
Chief Electoral Officer
Deposited May 2, 1996

Election Act

Election Communications Regulation

Part 1 - Interpretation

 Definitions

1  In this regulation:

"Act" means the Election Act.

 Bracketed notes for assistance in cross-reference

2  In this regulation, if a reference to a provision of the Act is followed by italicized words in square brackets indicating the subject matter of the provision, the words in square brackets are provided for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered an interpretation of the provision.

Part 2 - Opinion Surveys

 Exclusion of "hamburger polls" from opinion surveys subject to Act

3  The following are not opinion surveys for the purposes of the Act:

(a) opinion surveys of the class commonly described as "hamburger polls", being surveys conducted by a retailer in which the opinion of the public is determined on the basis of choices in the purchase of products normally sold by the retailer or substantially similar to products normally sold by the retailer.

[Provisions of the Election Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 283]