CONSTITUTION ACT 1934 - SECT 83

CONSTITUTION ACT 1934 - SECT 83

83—Criteria

        (2)         In making an electoral redistribution, the Commission must have regard, as far as practicable, to—

            (a)         the desirability of making the electoral redistribution so as to reflect communities of interest of an economic, social, regional or other kind;

            (b)         the population of each proposed electoral district;

            (c)         the topography of areas within which new electoral boundaries will be drawn;

            (d)         the feasibility of communication between electors affected by the redistribution and their parliamentary representative in the House of Assembly;

            (e)         the nature of substantial demographic changes that the Commission considers likely to take place in proposed electoral districts between the conclusion of its present proceedings and the date of the expiry of the present term of the House of Assembly,

and may have regard to any other matters it thinks relevant.