Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The Chief Electoral Officer is to hold the first election of members of the Council as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act.
(2) The Electoral Commissioner must, in respect of each election of members of the Council, determine the date on which nominations are to be called for that election.
(3) The date determined by the Electoral Commissioner under subsection (2) is to be a date–
after the date on which nominations were called for the previous election of all members of the Council.(a) not sooner than 2 years and 9 months; and
(b) not later than 3 years and 3 months–
(4) The Electoral Commissioner is to call for nominations for election of members of the Council on the date determined under subsection (2) by notice published in the Gazette and in 3 daily newspapers published and circulating in the State and by such other manner as the Electoral Commissioner considers appropriate.