Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Until the first electoral redistribution under this Act has become final, the State is distributed into electoral districts in accordance with the Electoral Districts Act 1991.
(2) Division 2 describes when the need for electoral redistributions arises.
(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), when the need for an electoral redistribution arises, the commission must, as soon as practicable, redistribute the State into the 89 electoral districts in the way set out in division 3.
(4) If the need for an electoral redistribution arises more than 16 months after the day on which the writ for the previous general election was returned, the commissioner must defer undertaking the electoral redistribution until after the return of the writ for the next general election.
(5) If--
(a) the need for an electoral redistribution arises in the period between the issue and return of a writ for a general election; or
(b) a writ for a general election is issued while the commission is undertaking an electoral redistribution;
the commission must defer undertaking, or any further action in undertaking, the electoral redistribution until after the return of the writ.
(6) If the commission is required by subsection (3) to undertake a redistribution, the commission must, as soon as practicable after the requirement arises, publish a gazette notice--
(a) stating that the requirement has arisen; and
(b) setting out the membership of the commission at the time.