Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 35 of 1987 - SECT 13

13. Section 73 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (2) all the words from and including

"objections" and substituting "initial objections and any further
objections.";

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (4) (a) and substituting the following
        paragraph:

"(a) shall, as far as practicable, endeavour to ensure that the number of
electors enrolled in each Electoral Division in the State or Territory will
not, 3 years and 6 months after the making of the determination, be less than
98% or more than 102% of the average divisional enrolment of that State or
Territory at that time; and";

   (c)  by omitting subparagraph (4) (b) (iii); and

   (d)  by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsections:

"(8) The augmented Electoral Commission may, when it makes a determination
under subsection (1), make a public announcement as to:

   (a)  the substance of its findings or conclusions concerning the initial
        objections and any further objections; and

   (b)  its determination.

"(9) In this section:
'initial objection' has the same meaning as in section 72;
'further objection' has the same meaning as in section 72.".