Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982 - SECT 18

Establishment of first regions

18. Establishment of first regions



(1) Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, for the
purpose of enabling the holding of the first election of the Council in
accordance with sections 26 and 27 of the Constitution Act 1975 as proposed to
be inserted by section 8 of the Constitution (Parliamentary Reform) Act 2003,
it is also a function of the Commission during the period starting on 1
January 2005 and ending on 30 November 2005, to divide the State of Victoria
into electoral regions for the Legislative Council for the conduct of
elections for the Legislative Council with the object of establishing
electoral regions of approximately equal enrolment and to determine the
boundaries thereof.





(2) For the purpose of this section, the Commission is to carry out its
function as if sections 26 and 27 of the Constitution Act 1975 as proposed to
be inserted by section 8 of the Constitution (Parliamentary Reform) Act 2003
were in operation.

(3) Immediately after the day notified in the Government Gazette under section
13 in relation to a division of electors for the purposes of this section, the
names and boundaries of the electoral regions for the Legislative Council set
forth in the statement of the Commissioners deposited in the Central Plan
Office must be published in the Government Gazette by the Victorian Electoral
Commission.

(4) On the day on which writs are issued for the general election next
following the dissolution or other lawful determination of the Assembly last
elected before the Constitution (Parliamentary Reform) Act 2003 receives the
Royal Assent, the names and boundaries of the electoral regions published in
accordance with subsection (3) are deemed to be substituted for the names and
boundaries of the electoral provinces previously published in the Government
Gazette under section 27 of the Constitution Act 1975 as in force immediately
before the commencement of section 8 of the Constitution (Parliamentary
Reform) Act 2003.