Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982 - SECT 10

Submissions and reports

10. Submissions and reports



(1) In the course of its deliberations the Commission shall invite submissions
from the public and may obtain such reports and make such inspections as it
thinks necessary and may call such persons having special knowledge before the
Commission as it thinks necessary.

(2) A person shall be entitled to make submissions to the Commission in
writing or, by leave of the Commission, orally.

(3) Where the Commission hears oral submissions the Commission shall hear them
in public and cause them to be recorded and a transcript to be made thereof
which shall be taken to be a public document as described in this section.

(4) Each submission made in response to such invitation shall be deemed to be
a public document and the same or a copy thereof and a transcript or copy of a
transcript of any oral submission shall be open for inspection at the office
of the Commission at all times during its normal office hours until the
expiration of three months after the statement, particulars and maps referred
to in section 11 shall have first been laid before Parliament.

(5) Every person who obstructs or endeavours to influence a member of the
Commission in the performance of his duties or the exercise of his discretion
under this Act otherwise than by way of a submission pursuant to subsection
(1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 50
penalty units.





(6) Any person convicted of any offence against subsection (5) shall be
disqualified from being elected to or holding office as a member of the
Parliament of Victoria during a period of three years after the date of such
conviction.