New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT 1912 - SECT 6

6 Appointment of commissioners for redistribution of seats

(1) When any distribution of electoral districts becomes necessary under the provisions of the Constitution Act 1902 , the Governor shall, by commission under the Great Seal, appoint three persons to be commissioners for the purposes of this Part, and to be called the “Electoral Districts Commissioners”, to carry out the distribution.

(2) Of the persons appointed:

(a) one must be, or have been, a Judge of the Supreme Court, and

(b) one must be the person who for the time being holds the office of Electoral Commissioner, and

(c) one must be the person holding office or acting as the Surveyor-General under Chapter 2 of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 .

(3) The names of the persons so appointed shall be published in the Gazette.

(5) In any other case, the appointment of commissioners under this section must occur no more than 2 years after the date of return of the writs for choosing the Legislative Assembly that exists at the time the distribution becomes necessary under the provisions of the Constitution Act 1902 . However, if that 2 year period has passed when the distribution becomes necessary, then the commissioners must be appointed within 6 months after the day that the distribution becomes necessary.