Section 29A - Legislative Council Electoral Boundaries Act 1995 - Transition arrangements to implement redistribution of State in respect of Legislative Council | Zoe
(2) In the case of the first determination following the commencement of the Parliamentary Reform Act 1998 , the determination made under subsection (1) is to contain provisions to implement the reduction of the number of members of the Legislative Council from 19 to 15.
(3) The reduction referred to in subsection (2) is to be completed by no later than the completion of the third annual periodical election conducted after the first determination following the commencement of the Parliamentary Reform Act 1998 .
(b) reduce or extend the term of a member of the Legislative Council; and
(c) determine the year of the periodical election at which a member is to retire; and
(d) establish the periodical cycle of elections for Council divisions; and
(e) for the purpose of establishing a periodical cycle of elections for Council divisions, specify a term of less than 6 years in respect of a member for a Council division; and
(f) fix the amount of compensation payable, if any, to a member of the Legislative Council in respect of the reduction of his or her term as a member; and
(g) determine the effect, if any, on compensation payable to a member under paragraph (f) who is elected to represent a Council division or an Assembly division after the member's term has ceased by operation of a determination under section 29A(1) ; and
(h) in the case of the first determination next following the commencement of the Parliamentary Reform Act 1998 , specify, for each year until the number of members of the Council is reduced to 15, the number of members including the President, or the person chosen to preside in his or her absence, who must be present for the Council to be competent to despatch any business.
(b) the continuity of representation in respect of both members and electors;
(c) the periodical cycle of concurrent elections in Council divisions not generally sharing a common boundary;
(d) the principle that a member will generally be allocated to a new Council division where the electors from the member's current division comprise the greater number of electors in the new division;