Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES ACT 1995 - SECT 13

      (1) The Redistribution Committee must, in accordance with this Part, make an initial proposal for redistribution of the State into the number of Council divisions specified in section 18 of the Constitution Act 1934.

      (2) In making an initial redistribution proposal, the Redistribution Committee must take into account the following priorities:

(a) the first priority is to ensure, as far as practicable, that, if the State were redistributed in accordance with the initial redistribution proposal, the number of electors enrolled in each Council division would not, 4 years and 6 months after the redistribution, be less than 90% or more than 110% of the average Council division enrolment;

(b) the second priority is the community of interest within each Council division.

      (3) After taking into account the priorities specified in subsection (2), the Redistribution Committee must consider, in the case of each Council division, the following matters:

(a) the means of communication and travel within the division;

(b) the physical features and area of the division;

(c) existing electoral boundaries;

(d) distinct natural boundaries.

      (3A) Subject to subsection (2), the Committee is to give such weight as it determines to the matters specified in subsection (3).

      (4) For the purposes of this section –

(a) the Council division quota is to be the basis for the initial redistribution proposal; and

(b) the Redistribution Committee may adopt a margin of allowance to be used when necessary –