Victorian Consolidated Legislation

ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ACT 1982 - NOTES

No. 9801 of 1982
Version incorporating amendments as at 9 November 2007

ENDNOTES
1. General Information
The Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982 was assented to on 23 November 1982 and came into operation on 23 November 1982.
The name of this Act was changed from the Electoral Commission Act 1982 to the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982 by section 7(1) of The Constitution Act Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1988, No. 75/1988.
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Electoral Commission (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9894/1983
Assent Date:
31.5.83
Commencement Date:
31.5.83: s. 1(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987
Assent Date:
19.5.87
Commencement Date:
S. 103(Sch. 4 item 15.1) on 1.7.87: Government Gazette 24.6.87 p. 1694
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
The Constitution Act Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1988, No. 75/1988
Assent Date:
15.12.88
Commencement Date:
1.1.89: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1989, No. 12/1989
Assent Date:
9.5.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 32.1, 32.2) on 1.11.89: Government Gazette 1.11.89 p. 2798
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
Equal Opportunity Act 1995, No. 42/1995
Assent Date:
14.6.95
Commencement Date:
S. 224(Sch. 2 item 12) on 1.1.96: Government Gazette 21.12.95 p. 3571
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982



Conservation, Forests and Lands (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 76/1998
Assent Date:
10.11.98
Commencement Date:
S. 20 on 15.12.98: s.2(5)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
The Constitution Act Amendment (Amendment) Act 1999, No. 24/1999
Assent Date:
25.5.99
Commencement Date:
8.6.99: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Electoral Act 2002, No. 23/2002
Assent Date:
12.6.02
Commencement Date:
S. 190 on 1.9.02: Government Gazette 29.8.02 p. 2333
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
Constitution (Parliamentary Reform) Act 2003, No. 2/2003 (as amended by No. 85/2004)
Endnotes
Assent Date:
8.4.03
Commencement Date:
S. 44 on 8.4.03: Special Gazette (No. 57) 8.4.03 p. 1; ss 45-48 on 31.10.06: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
Monetary Units Act 2004, No. 10/2004
Assent Date:
11.5.04
Commencement Date:
S. 15(Sch. 1 item 7) on 1.7.04: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
Surveying Act 2004, No. 47/2004
Assent Date:
16.6.04
Commencement Date:
S. 71(Sch. item 1) on 1.1.05: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
Electoral Legislation (Amendment) Act 2004, No. 85/2004
Assent Date:
23.11.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 4-8 on 24.11.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
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3. Explanatory Details

1 S. 1: Section 7(2)(3) of The Constitution Act Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1988, No. 75/1988 reads as follows:
	7.	Change of name of Electoral Commission
	(2)	Any reference in any Act or subordinate instrument within the meaning of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 to-
	(a)	the Electoral Commission Act 1982 is to be construed as a reference to the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982; and
	(b)	the Electoral Commission is to be construed as a reference to the Electoral Boundaries Commission.
	(3)	The Electoral Boundaries Commission is the same body as the Electoral Commission and no act, matter or thing is in any way abated or affected by reason of the change of name.

2 S. 2: See note 1.
3 S. 3: See note 1.
4 S. 5(2): Section 2(2) of the Electoral Commission (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9894/1983 reads as follows:
	2.	Amendment of No. 9801 s. 5(2)
	(2)	For the first division made under the Electoral Commission Act 1982 each of the 22 provinces shall consist of four complete and contiguous districts and the Legislative Assembly shall consist of 88 districts.

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Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982
No. 9801 of 1982