ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ACT 1982 - SECT 10B Submissions, suggestions and objections
ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION ACT 1982 - SECT 10B
Submissions, suggestions and objectionsS. 10B(1) amended by No. 2/2003 s. 45(8).
(1) Suggestions or objections in writing concerning a proposed electoral region or proposed electoral district may be lodged with the Commission not later than 30 days after the advertisement in the Government Gazette referred to in the last preceding section, and the Commission shall consider all suggestions and objections so lodged.
S. 10B(2) inserted by No. 85/2004 s. 5(3).
(2) In considering suggestions or objections lodged under subsection (1), the Commission may conduct hearings in public.
S. 10B(3) inserted by No. 85/2004 s. 5(3).
(3) A person who lodges a suggestion or objection under subsection (1) may lodge a request with that suggestion or objection that the person be permitted to make an oral submission to the Commission in support of the suggestion or objection.
S. 10B(4) inserted by No. 85/2004 s. 5(3).
(4) If the Commission hears oral submissions, the Commission must hear them in public and cause them to be recorded and a transcript to be made.
S. 10B(5) inserted by No. 85/2004 s. 5(3).
(5) A suggestion or objection lodged under subsection (1) or a transcript of an oral submission made under subsection (4) is a public document which must be available for inspection at the office of the Commission at all times during its normal office hours until the expiration of 3 months after the statement referred to in section 11 is first laid before Parliament.
S. 11 (Heading) inserted by No. 85/2004 s. 6(1).
S. 11 amended by Nos 9894 s. 5, 85/2004 s. 6(2), 2/2003 s. 45(9).