Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 48A

  (1)   The determination made by the Electoral Commissioner under subsection   48(1) on 3   July 2020 (the 2020 determination ) is set aside, on and from the day on which the Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Act 2020 commences (the commencement day ), to the extent to which that determination relates to the Northern Territory.

  (2)   To avoid doubt:

  (a)   for the purposes of sections   50 and 59, the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in the Northern Territory at a general election that is held:

  (i)   on or after the commencement day; and

  (ii)   before the first determination that is made by the Electoral Commissioner under subsection   48(1) after the commencement day;

    is to be in accordance with the determination made by the Electoral Commissioner under subsection   48(1) most recently before the 2020 determination; and

  (b)   for the purposes of section   86, 2 new Divisions are taken to be created for the Northern Territory on the commencement day.

Note 1:   The 2020 determination specified that there would be 1 member of the House of Representatives to be chosen in the Northern Territory at a general election.

Note 2:   The determination the Electoral Commissioner made under subsection   48(1) most recently before the 2020 determination was the determination made on 31   August 2017. That determination specified that there would be 2 members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in the Northern Territory at a general election.