Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 45

(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 100000km2--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 100000km2 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 km2 in the area of the electoral district.