Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982 - SECT 9

Factors to be taken into account by Commissioners

9. Factors to be taken into account by Commissioners



(1) In making any division of electors and in determining the number of
electors to be allocated to a region or district the Commissioners shall give
due consideration to-

   (a)  area and physical features of terrain;

   (b)  means of travel, traffic arteries, and communications and any special
        difficulties in connection therewith;

   (c)  community or diversity of interests; and

   (d)  the likelihood of changes in the number of electors in the various
        localities.

(2) For the purposes of this Act the Commission may take electoral regions or
electoral districts to be of approximately equal enrolment where the enrolment
for each region or district does not vary by more than 10 per centum from the
average enrolment of all regions or districts (as the case requires).