The Law Society says a proposed new electoral finance law is archaic and would benefit from a comprehensive redraft.
The preamble to the bill says it sets a modern definition of election
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It says the Broadcasting Act needs to be amended to allow access to radio and television on the same basis as other media.
A member of the society's law reform committee, David Cochrane, says the legislation is still too complex and somewhat archaic.
"It's based on a kind of a 'stand on a soapbox and campaign through the newspapers'. It's not quite up to date with modern life."
