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TASMANIA
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM (RESTORE
ASSEMBLY NUMBERS) BILL 2012
CONTENTS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short Title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Act to Bind Crown
PART 2 - AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION ACT 1934
5. Section 8A substituted (Limit on number of Ministers of the Crown)
6. Section 22 substituted (Constitution of the Assembly)
7. Section 25 amended (Quorum of the Assembly)
PART 3 - AMENDMENTS TO Electoral Act 2004
8. Amendments to Electoral Act 2004
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PARLIAMENTARY REFORM (RESTORE ASSEMBLY
NUMBERS) Bill 2012
(Brought in by Nicholas James McKim MP)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend certain Acts to provide for the restoring of the number
of Members in the House of Assembly from 25 to 35.
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:
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Reform (Restore
Assembly Numbers) Act 2012.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Constitution Act 1934 is referred to as the
Principal Act.
4. Act to bind Crown
This Act binds the Crown in right of Tasmania and, so far as the
legislative power of Parliament permits, in all its other
capacities.
No. 94 of 1934
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Part 2 - AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION ACT 1934
5. Section 8A substituted (Limit on number of Ministers of the
Crown)
The Principal Act is amended by repealing Section 8A and substituting
the following section:
Section 8A Limit on number of Ministers of the Crown
8 A. No more than 10, or, where a Secretary to Cabinet has been
appointed pursuant to section 8F, no more than 9, persons shall
hold office as Ministers of the Crown at any one time.
6. Section 22 substituted (Constitution of the Assembly)
The Principal Act is amended by repealing Section 22 and substituting
the following section:
22. Constitution of the Assembly
(1) The Assembly is to be constituted of 35 members.
(2) Each member of the Assembly is to be elected, as provided
by this Act, in accordance with the Electoral Act 2004, to
represent an Assembly division.
(3) For the purpose of returning members to serve in the
Assembly, the State is to be divided into 5 divisions, each
of which is to return 7 members.
(4) The names of the divisions of the Assembly are Bass,
Braddon, Denison, Franklin and Lyons.
(5) The divisions of the Assembly comprise the areas
described in Schedule 4.
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7. Section 25 amended (Quorum of the Assembly)
The Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection 25 (1) "10"
and substituting "14".
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PART 3 - AMENDMENTS TO ELECTORAL ACT 2004
8. Amendments to Electoral Act 2004
The Electoral Act 2004 is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting "five" from subsection (b) (i) of section 100 and
substituting "seven".
(b) by omitting "and 5" from paragraph (a) of section 102 (1) and
substituting ", 5, 6 and 7".
(c) by omitting "5" from subsection (2) of section 103 and
substituting "7".
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