ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 45 Proposed electoral redistribution must be within numerical limits

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 45

45 Proposed electoral redistribution must be within numerical limits

(1) In preparing the proposed redistribution, the commission must ensure that the following requirement is satisfied, as at the end of the 21 days mentioned in section 43 (2) (b) , for each proposed electoral district—

(a) if the electoral district has an area of less than 100,000km 2 —that the number of enrolled electors does not differ from the average number of enrolled electors for electoral districts by more than 10%;

(b) if the electoral district has an area of 100,000km 2 or more—the sum of the number of enrolled electors and the additional large district number does not differ from the average number of enrolled electors for electoral districts by more than 10%.

(2) In subsection (1) (b) —


"additional large district number" means 2% of the number of km 2 in the area of the electoral district.