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Legislative Council Electoral Boundaries Act 1995
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### 25 Redistribution of State
> > (1) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2023, s. 50, Applied:01 Jul 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-07-01/act-2023-038#GS50@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 8 of 1997, s. 25, Applied:01 May 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-05-01/act-1997-008#GS25@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 31 of 1998, s. 41, Applied:28 Jul 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-07-28/act-1998-031#GS41@Hpa@EN) The Tasmanian Augmented Electoral Commission must, in accordance with [subsection (3)](#GS25@Gs3@EN) , determine, by notice published in accordance with [section 30](#GS30@EN) , the names and boundaries of the Council divisions into which the State is to be distributed and those divisions are, until altered by determination under this subsection, to be the divisions.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (2) amended by No. 38 of 2023, s. 50, Applied:01 Jul 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-07-01/act-2023-038#GS50@Hpb@EN) The Tasmanian Augmented Electoral Commission must make a determination under [subsection (1)](#GS25@Gs1@EN) as soon as practicable after it has considered, in accordance with [Division 4](#HP2@HD4@EN) , all the initial objections and any further objections.
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> > (3) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (3) amended by No. 38 of 2023, s. 50, Applied:01 Jul 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-07-01/act-2023-038#GS50@Hpc@EN) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (3) amended by No. 8 of 1997, s. 25, Applied:01 May 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-05-01/act-1997-008#GS25@Hpb@EN) The determination is to be made in accordance with [section 13](#GS13@EN) as if references in that section to the Redistribution Committee were references to the Tasmanian Augmented Electoral Commission.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (4) amended by No. 38 of 2023, s. 50, Applied:01 Jul 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-07-01/act-2023-038#GS50@Hpe@EN) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (4) amended by No. 38 of 2023, s. 50, Applied:01 Jul 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-07-01/act-2023-038#GS50@Hpd@EN) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (4) amended by No. 74 of 2009, s. 7, Applied:07 Dec 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-12-07/act-2009-074#GS7@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (4) substituted by No. 31 of 1998, s. 41, Applied:28 Jul 1998\]*](/view/html/inforce/1998-07-28/act-1998-031#GS41@Hpb@EN) The Tasmanian Augmented Electoral Commission is to publish on a website a copy of the notice referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS25@Gs1@EN) and the substance of the Tasmanian Augmented Electoral Commission’s findings or conclusions concerning the initial objections and any further objections.
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> > (5) [*\[Section 25 Subsection (5) inserted by No. 74 of 2009, s. 7, Applied:07 Dec 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-12-07/act-2009-074#GS7@Hpb@EN) The notice referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS25@Gs1@EN) is to include the address of the website on which the information required to be published under [subsection (4)](#GS25@Gs4@EN) and [section 26(3)](#GS26@Gs3@EN) is published.