Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of a redistribution of a State, the Electoral Commissioner must publish a notice in the Gazette and in 2 newspapers circulating throughout the State (or, if there is only 1 such newspaper, in that newspaper):
(a) inviting written suggestions relating to the redistribution of the State to be lodged with the Redistribution Committee for the State before 6 pm on the 5th Friday after publication of the notice in the Gazette ; and
(b) inviting written comments on suggestions lodged under paragraph (a) to be lodged with the Redistribution Committee for the State before 6 pm on the 7th Friday after publication of the notice in the Gazette ; and
(c) stating that the suggestions and comments may be (but are not required to be) lodged at an office specified in the notice.
(2) The notice in the Gazette must be published on a Wednesday. The notice need not be published on the same day in the newspapers.
(3) The Redistribution Committee must cause copies of the suggestions lodged under paragraph (1)(a) to be made available for perusal, starting on the 5th Monday after publication of the notice in the Gazette . The copies must be made available at:
(a) the office of the Australian Electoral Officer for the State, in the case of a redistribution of a State (except the Australian Capital Territory); or
(b) in the case of a redistribution of the Australian Capital Territory--the office specified in the notice under subsection (1).
(4) The Redistribution Committee must consider all the
suggestions and comments lodged with it under subsection (1).