Commonwealth act

Representation Act 1930

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

73 of 1930

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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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.

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Representation Act 1930

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REPRESENTATION.

No. 73 of 1930.

An Act relating to the Appointment of an Enumeration Day for the purposes of the Representation Act 1905.

[Assented to 16th December, 1930.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Representation Act 1930.

Enumeration Day not to be appointed.

2. 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.

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