- Act 8 of 1997 - Royal Assent 30 April 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1 - Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Commencement PART 2 - Amendments of Constitution Act 1934 3. Principal Act 4. Section 18AA inserted 5. Section 18 amended (Constitution of the Council) 6. Section 19 amended (Council elections) 7. Section 26 substituted 26. Council divisions 8. Schedule 2 substituted and Schedule 3 repealed PART 3 - Transitional provisions 9. Interpretation 10. Application of Electoral Act 1985 11. Transitional arrangements for Members of the Council 12. Vacancy in division of Gordon or division of Russell 13. Division of Murchison temporary provision for 2 Members 14. Division of Murchison early reversion to single member electorate 15. Division of Murchison later reversion to single member electorate 16. Elections for the division of Murchison 17. Division of Rumney temporary representation 18. Elections for division of Rumney 19. Power of Governor to issue writs for elections for divisions of Murchison and Rumney 20. Saving for Member for Gordon PART 4 - Amendment of Electoral Act 1985 21. Section 96 amended (Certain persons disqualified from being nominated as candidates for election to Council) PART 5 - Amendments of Legislative Council Electoral Boundaries Act 1995 22. Principal Act 23. Section 2 amended (Commencement) 24. Section 3 amended (Interpretation) 25. Section 25 amended (Redistribution of State) 26. Section 29 amended (Effective date of redistribution) 27. Part 4 repealed PART 6 - Amendments of Parlaimentary Salaries and Allowances Act 1973 28. Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Act 1973 amended PART 7 - Administration 29. Administration of Act[ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ]