Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 21 of 1994 - SECT 3

3. Section 60 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting in subsection (2) ", (3A)" after "(3)";

   (b)  by adding at the end of paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) "and";

   (c)  by omitting paragraph (2)(c) and substituting the following paragraph:

"(c) either:

        (i)    the Surveyor-General for the State; or

        (ii)   if there is no office of Surveyor-General for the State-the
               person nominated by the relevant State Minister as the person
               holding the office equivalent to the office of Surveyor-General
               for the State; and";

   (d)  by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:



"(3A) If:

   (a)  the person nominated under subparagraph (2)(c)(ii) is not available to
        serve as a member of the Redistribution Committee; or

   (b)  no nomination is in force under that subparagraph; the Electoral
        Commission must appoint:

   (c)  a person who:

        (i)    is available to serve as a member of the Redistribution
               Committee; and

        (ii)   has been nominated by the relevant State Minister as a person
               holding an office equivalent to an office of Deputy
               Surveyor-General for the State; or

   (d)  if there is no such person-a senior officer of the Australian Public
        Service from the State nominated for the purpose by the
        Governor-General; as a member of the Redistribution Committee.



"(3B) For the purposes of this section, an office is equivalent to an office
of Surveyor-General for a State if, in the opinion of the relevant State
Minister, the functions of the office are the same as, substantially the same
as, or include, functions that would be performed by a Surveyor-General for
the State.



"(3C) For the purposes of this section, an office is equivalent to an office
of Deputy Surveyor-General for a State if, in the opinion of the relevant
State Minister, the functions of the office are the same as, substantially the
same as, or include, functions that would be performed by a Deputy
Surveyor-General for the State.";
(e) by inserting in subsection (6) ", (3A)" after "(3)";

   (f)  by adding at the end the following subsection:



"(8) In this section:
'relevant State Minister', in relation to a State, means:

   (a)  the Minister of State of that State who has responsibility, or the
        principal responsibility, for matters relating to land surveying and
        mapping in that State; or

   (b)  another Minister of State of that State acting for and on behalf of
        the Minister referred to in paragraph (a).".