9Quarterly ascertainment of enrolment, &c.

9 Quarterly ascertainment of enrolment, &c.

(1)  In this section, quarter day means the last day of January, April, July or October in each year.

(2)  [Section 9 Subsection (2) amended by No. 53 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Feb 2005] [Section 9 Subsection (2) amended by No. 31 of 1998, s. 31, Applied:28 Jul 1998] 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 –

(a) [Section 9 Subsection (2) amended by No. 31 of 1998, s. 31, Applied:28 Jul 1998] ascertain, as at that first redistribution or quarter day, the number of electors enrolled in each electoral division; and

(b) [Section 9 Subsection (2) amended by No. 31 of 1998, s. 31, Applied:28 Jul 1998] determine, as at that first redistribution or quarter day–

(i) the average Council division enrolment; and

(ii) the extent to which the number of electors enrolled in each Council division differs from the average Council division enrolment.

(3)  [Section 9 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 31 of 1998, s. 31, Applied:28 Jul 1998] 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.

(4)  [Section 9 Subsection (4) amended by No. 28 of 2007, s. 7, Applied:13 Sep 2007] [Section 9 Subsection (4) amended by No. 53 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Feb 2005] 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.