Quarterly ascertainment of enrolment, &c.
9 Quarterly ascertainment of enrolment, &c.
In this section, quarter day means the last day of January, April, July or October in each year.
The Electoral Commissioner must, as soon as practicable after the first redistribution after the commencement of the Parliamentary Reform Act 1998 has effect and after each subsequent quarter day – ascertain, as at that first redistribution or quarter day, the number of electors enrolled in each electoral division; and determine, as at that first redistribution or quarter day– the average Council division enrolment; and the extent to which the number of electors enrolled in each Council division differs from the average Council division enrolment.
The average Council division enrolment is the nearest whole number ascertained by dividing the number of electors enrolled in the State by the number of Council divisions.
A determination under subsection (2) is to be made by an instrument in writing and, as soon as practicable after making it, the Electoral Commissioner must cause a statement specifying the matters ascertained and determined under that subsection to be published on the website of the Electoral Commission.
The Electoral Commissioner must cause the statement referred to in subsection (4) to be available, on request, at the office of the Electoral Commission.
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