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TASMANIA
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTORAL
BOUNDARIES AMENDMENT BILL 2007
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 6 amended (Redistribution Tribunal)
5. Section 7 amended (Alternate members of Redistribution
Committee and Redistribution Tribunal)
6. Section 7A amended (Filling of casual vacancies)
7. Section 9 amended (Quarterly ascertainment of enrolment, &c.)
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTORAL
BOUNDARIES AMENDMENT BILL 2007
(Brought in by the Leader of the Government, the Honourable
Douglas John Parkinson)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Legislative Council Electoral
Boundaries Act 1995
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Legislative Council
Electoral Boundaries Amendment Act 2007.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Legislative Council Electoral
Boundaries Act 1995* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
*No. 2 of 1995
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4. Section 6 amended (Redistribution Tribunal)
Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) from
subsection (1) and substituting the
following paragraphs:
(a) one is the chairperson of the
Electoral Commission who is to
be chairperson of the Tribunal;
and
(b) the other is the member of the
Electoral Commission who is not
the chairperson of that
Commission or the Electoral
Commissioner.
(b) by omitting subsection (2).
5. Section 7 amended (Alternate members of
Redistribution Committee and Redistribution
Tribunal)
Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by omitting paragraph (a) from
subsection (1) and substituting the
following paragraph:
(a) an alternate member is to be
appointed for each member of
the -
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(i) Redistribution Committee
except the Electoral
Commissioner; and
(ii) Redistribution Tribunal
except those members
who are members of the
Electoral Commission;
and
(b) by omitting subsection (2).
6. Section 7A amended (Filling of casual vacancies)
Section 7A(1) of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
(a) by inserting "other than a member of the
Electoral Commission," after
"Tribunal,";
(b) by omitting "he or she is qualified as
mentioned in section 5 or 6, or as the
case may require, selected as mentioned
in section 6" and substituting "the
Governor considers that the person is
appropriately qualified".
7. Section 9 amended (Quarterly ascertainment of
enrolment, &c.)
Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended as
follows:
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(a) by omitting from subsection (4) "in
accordance with section 30" and
substituting "on the website of the
Electoral Commission";
(b) by inserting the following subsection
after subsection (4):
(5) The Electoral Commissioner
must cause the statement referred
to in subsection (4) to be
available, on request, at the office
of the Electoral Commission.
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