Assessment criteria in relation to division of wards
32 Assessment criteria in relation to division of wards
This section applies if the committee recommends :
(a) if a local government area is divided into wards – that the local government area remain divided into the same wards or be divided into different wards; or
(b) if a local government area is not divided into wards – that the local government area should be divided into wards.
(2) In making the recommendation, the committee must consider the desirability of:
(a) the number of electors for each ward being as near to equal as practicable at the next general election; and
(b) keeping the area of each ward containing rural and remote areas as small as practicable; and
(c) keeping the demographic and geographic nature of each ward as uniform as practicable; and
(d) including an identifiable community wholly within one ward if practicable.
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