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Queensland
Electoral (Improving
Representation) and Another
Act Amendment Bill 2015
Queensland
Electoral (Improving Representation) and
Another Act Amendment Bill 2015
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 2 Amendment of Constitution of Queensland 2001
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 11 (Number of members of Legislative Assembly) 5
Part 3 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
5 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 3 (Average number of enrolled electors for electoral
districts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 6 (Establishment of Electoral Commission of
Queensland etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 22 (Terms and conditions of appointment etc.) . 6
10 Amendment of s 34 (Number of electoral districts for the State) . 6
11 Amendment of s 35 (Distribution, and redistribution, of State into
electoral districts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 52 (When redistribution takes effect). . . . . . . . . 7
2015
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Constitution of Queensland 2001 and the
Electoral Act 1992 for particular purposes
Electoral (Improving Representation) and Another Act Amendment Bill 2015
Part 1 Preliminary
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Improving 4
Representation) and Another Act Amendment Act 2015. 5
Clause 2 Commencement 6
(1) Part 2 commences immediately after the first 7
post-redistribution writ is issued. 8
(2) In this section-- 9
2016 electoral redistribution means the first electoral 10
redistribution under the Electoral Act 1992 that becomes final 11
under that Act after the commencement of part 3. 12
Note-- 13
For electoral redistributions, see the Electoral Act 1992, part 3. 14
first post-redistribution writ means the writ for the general 15
election first issued under the Electoral Act 1992, section 82 16
after the 2016 electoral redistribution has become final. 17
Part 2 Amendment of Constitution of 18
Queensland 2001 19
Clause 3 Act amended 20
This part amends the Constitution of Queensland 2001. 21
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Part 3 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
[s 4]
Clause 4 Amendment of s 11 (Number of members of Legislative 1
Assembly) 2
Section 11, '89'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
93 5
Part 3 Amendment of Electoral Act 6
1992 7
Clause 5 Act amended 8
This part amends the Electoral Act 1992. 9
Clause 6 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) 10
Section 2-- 11
insert-- 12
bipartisan support, of the parliamentary 13
committee, means-- 14
(a) support of the members of the parliamentary 15
committee unanimously; or 16
(b) support of a majority of the members, other 17
than a majority consisting wholly of 18
members of the political party or parties in 19
government in the Legislative Assembly. 20
Clause 7 Amendment of s 3 (Average number of enrolled electors 21
for electoral districts) 22
Section 3(1), definition average number of enrolled electors for 23
electoral districts, '89'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
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Part 3 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
[s 8]
93 1
Clause 8 Amendment of s 6 (Establishment of Electoral 2
Commission of Queensland etc.) 3
(1) Section 6(6), from 'be'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
be a person with qualifications and experience in 6
applied demography relevant to contemporary 7
electoral redistributions. 8
(2) Section 6(7)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
(7) A person may be appointed as the chairperson or 11
nonjudicial appointee only if the person's 12
appointment is made with the bipartisan support 13
of the parliamentary committee. 14
Clause 9 Amendment of s 22 (Terms and conditions of 15
appointment etc.) 16
Section 22(2)-- 17
insert-- 18
(c) the person's appointment is made with the 19
bipartisan support of the parliamentary 20
committee. 21
Clause 10 Amendment of s 34 (Number of electoral districts for the 22
State) 23
Section 34, '89'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
93 26
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Part 3 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
[s 11]
Clause 11 Amendment of s 35 (Distribution, and redistribution, of 1
State into electoral districts) 2
Section 35(3), '89'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
93 5
Clause 12 Amendment of s 52 (When redistribution takes effect) 6
(1) Section 52(1), after 'subject to'-- 7
insert-- 8
subsection (3) and 9
(2) Section 52(2), 'The'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
Subject to subsection (3), the 12
(3) Section 52-- 13
insert-- 14
(3) For the 2016 electoral redistribution-- 15
(a) there is no increase in the number of 16
members of the Legislative Assembly; and 17
(b) the electoral districts, as in existence before 18
the redistribution, continue in force; 19
until the first post-redistribution writ is issued 20
and any appeal under section 57(6) has been 21
disposed of by the Court of Appeal. 22
(4) Subsection (3) has effect despite the Constitution 23
of Queensland 2001, sections 12 and 13. 24
(5) In this section-- 25
2016 electoral redistribution means the first 26
electoral redistribution that becomes final after 27
the commencement of the Electoral (Improving 28
Representation) and Another Act Amendment Act 29
2015, part 3. 30
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Part 3 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
[s 12]
first post-redistribution writ means the writ for a 1
general election first issued after the 2016 2
electoral redistribution has become final. 3
Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel
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