{"id":"C1930A00073","name":"Representation Act 1930","slug":"representation-act-1930","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"73 of 1930","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3522,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1930A00073-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Representation Act 1930","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nREPRESENTATION.\n\n \n\n \n\nNo. 73 of 1930.\n\nAn Act relating to the Appointment of an Enumeration Day for the purposes of the Representation Act 1905.\n\n[Assented to 16th December, 1930.]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Representation Act 1930.\n\nEnumeration Day not to be appointed.\n\n2. Notwithstanding anything contained in section three of the Representation Act 1905, the Chief Electoral Officer shall not appoint an Enumeration Day at the expiration of the fifth year after the Enumeration Day last appointed prior to the commencement of this section.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1286},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly focused on its stated purpose of delaying the Enumeration Day. It does not expand beyond the technical adjustment described in the long title."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections total","Zero defined terms","Single, unqualified prohibition ('shall not appoint')","Only one cross-reference to existing legislation (section 3 of the 1905 Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or schedules"],"plain_english_summary":"This short 1930 law temporarily suspends the five‑year population Enumeration Day used to apportion House of Representatives seats, preventing the Chief Electoral Officer from setting the next count. It delays the usual redistribution of federal seats and keeps existing boundaries and allocations in place, reducing immediate political and administrative change during that period."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/representation-act-1930","history":"/api/acts/representation-act-1930/history","analysis":"/api/acts/representation-act-1930/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/representation-act-1930/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/representation-act-1930/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/representation-act-1930/documents"}}