ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION REPEAL BILL 2001
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ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION REPEAL BILL 2001
Western Australia
Electoral Distribution Repeal Bill 2001
CONTENTS
1. Short title 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Electoral Distribution Act 1947 repealed 2
4. Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended 2
5. Transitional provisions 2
6. Electoral Act 1907 amended 3
7. Juries Act 1957 amended 4
8. Salaries and Allowances Act 1975 amended 4
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Electoral Distribution Repeal Bill 2001
A Bill for
An Act to repeal the Electoral Distribution Act 1947, to make
consequential amendments to the Constitution Acts Amendment
Act 1899 and other Acts, and for related purposes.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Electoral Distribution Repeal
Act 2001.
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2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
3. Electoral Distribution Act 1947 repealed
5 The Electoral Distribution Act 1947 is repealed.
4. Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended
(1) The amendments in this section are to the Constitution Acts
Amendment Act 1899*.
[* Reprinted as at 8 June 2001.
10 For subsequent amendments see Act No. 12 of 2001.]
(2) Section 5 is amended by deleting "as defined under section 6".
(3) Section 6 is repealed.
(4) Sections 18 and 19 are repealed and the following section is
inserted instead --
15 "
18. Constitution of Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly shall consist of 57 elected
members who shall be returned and sit for electoral
districts.
20 ".
5. Transitional provisions
(1) In this section --
"elections in districts", "elections in regions" and "general
election" have the same meanings as they have,
25 respectively, in the Electoral Act 1907;
"existing electoral distribution" means the division of the
State into electoral districts and electoral regions for the
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election of members of the Legislative Assembly and the
Legislative Council that was in effect immediately before
the commencement of this Act.
(2) The existing electoral distribution continues to apply in respect
5 of --
(a) elections in districts held before the first general election
for the Legislative Assembly held after the
commencement of this Act;
(b) elections in regions held before the first general election
10 for the Legislative Council held after the
commencement of this Act; and
(c) the representation of electoral districts and electoral
regions by members of the Legislative Assembly and the
Legislative Council elected --
15 (i) before the commencement of this Act;
(ii) at elections referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b);
or
(iii) under sections 156C and 156D before the first
general election for the Legislative Council held
20 after the commencement of this Act.
6. Electoral Act 1907 amended
(1) The amendments in this section are to the Electoral Act 1907*.
[* Reprinted as at 15 December 2000.
For subsequent amendments see Act No. 10 of 2001.]
25 (2) Section 24(3) is amended by deleting "under section 3(2)(f) of
the Electoral Distribution Act 1947".
(3) Section 51(2) is amended by deleting "under the Electoral
Distribution Act 1947".
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7. Juries Act 1957 amended
The Juries Act 1957* is amended in section 11(1) by deleting
"the Electoral Distribution Act 1947, or any other" and inserting
instead --
5 " any ".
[* Reprinted as at 3 July 2000.]
8. Salaries and Allowances Act 1975 amended
The Salaries and Allowances Act 1975* is amended in
section 6(6) by deleting "action taken under the Electoral
10 Distribution Act 1947" and inserting instead --
"
a subsequent division of the State into electoral
districts and electoral regions
".
15 [* Reprinted as at 8 September 2000.
For subsequent amendments see 2000 Index to Legislation of
Western Australia, Table 1, p. 401.]