Electoral Act 2004

(1) The

Administrator must, by Gazette notice, appoint a person as a member of the Redistribution Committee (the appointed member).

(2) A person is eligible for appointment as the appointed member of the

Committee only if:

(a) the person has served as, or is qualified for appointment as, a Supreme

Court Judge or Local Court Judge; and

(b) the person:

(i) is not a member of a political party; and

(ii) the person does not have a recent political affiliation.

(2A) For subsection (2)(b)(ii), a person has a recent political affiliation if, at any time during the previous 5 years, the person:

(a) was a member of the Legislative Assembly or a local government council;

or

(b) was an office holder or elected representative of a political party in the Territory or elsewhere in Australia; or

(c) was a member of staff of a minister; or

(d) made a reportable donation to a political party or an associated entity of a political party, in the Territory or elsewhere in Australia.

(2B) For subsection (2A)(d), a person made a reportable donation if it was made by the person or by a body corporate of which the person was an office holder or majority shareholder at the time the donation was made.

(3) Before a person mentioned in subsection (2) is appointed, the Minister must consult the following persons about the proposed appointment:

(a) the leader of each political party represented in the Legislative

Assembly;

(b) all

MLAs who are not also members of a political party represented in the

Legislative Assembly.

(3A) In this section:

reportable donation means a gift or loan that is required to be disclosed or reported under Part 10 or under a similar law in force in the Commonwealth or in a State or another Territory.