South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts85—Representations to the Commission
(1) Before commencing
proceedings for the purpose of making an electoral redistribution
the Commission shall, by means of an advertisement published in a newspaper
circulating generally throughout the State, invite representations from any
person in relation to the proposed electoral redistribution and in any such
advertisement a date must be specified as the date before which such
representations must be made.
(2) A person who
desires to make representations to the Commission in relation to the proposed
electoral redistribution may do so by instrument in writing served personally
or by post upon the secretary of the Commission before the date specified in
the advertisement.
(3) The Commission
shall consider all representations made in accordance with
subsection (2), and may, at its discretion, hear and consider any
evidence or argument submitted to it in support of those representations by or
on behalf of any person.
(4) After the
completion of its consideration of the matters relevant to making the
electoral redistribution, the Commission must—
(a)
prepare a draft order for the electoral redistribution; and
(b) send
a copy of that draft to each person who made a representation to
the Commission under this section; and
(c) give
notice, by means of an advertisement published in a newspaper circulating
generally throughout the State, of a place or places at which copies of the
draft are to be available for inspection, and if copies are to be available
for purchase, of places at which copies may be purchased.
(5) A draft will be
taken to have been sent to a person under subsection (4)(b) if it is
posted to the person at his or her last address known to the Commission.
(6) The Commission
must, at the time when a draft is sent under subsection (4)(b), or a
notice is given under subsection (4)(c), invite the person to whom the
draft is sent, or any interested member of the public (as the case may be), to
make any final submission in writing that he or she thinks fit within a period
specified by the Commission (being not less than one month from the date that
the draft is sent or the notice is given).
(7) The Commission
must consider all submissions made in accordance with subsection (6), and
may, at its discretion, hear and consider any evidence or argument relating to
a submission that is submitted by or on behalf of any person who made a
submission under that subsection.
(8) The Commission may
then proceed to finalise its order.