(1) For the purposes
of this section the Commissioners shall divide the number of electors by the
number of districts, and the result of that division is referred to as the
average district enrolment .
(2) The Commissioners
shall divide the State into districts in accordance with the principle that,
for each district, the number of electors that the district would have had at
the relevant day must not be more than 10% greater, or more than 10% less,
than the average district enrolment at the relevant day.
(3) If a district has
an area of 100 000 square kilometres or more, subsection (2) does not apply
but the sum of —
(a) the
number of electors that the district would have had at the relevant day; and
(b) the
large district allowance,
must not be more than
10% greater, or more than 20% less, than the average district enrolment at the
relevant day.
(4) In subsection (3)
—
large district allowance means 1.5% of the number
of square kilometres in the area of the district.
[Section 16G inserted: No. 1 of 2005 s. 4.]
[ 16H. Deleted: No. 20 of 2021 s. 19.]