Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:76:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 76 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 144761–147520

76  Mini‑redistribution
 (1) Where, on a day (in this section referred to as the relevant day) on which the Governor‑General causes writs (in this section referred to as the writs) for a general election to be issued, the number (in this section referred to as the present entitlement of the State) of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in a State at the general election differs from the number (in this section referred to as the previous entitlement of the State) of Divisions in accordance with which the State is for the time being distributed, a redistribution of the State into Divisions shall take place under this section.
 (2) For the purposes of the redistribution, the Electoral Commissioner and the Australian Electoral Officer for the State shall be the Redistribution Commissioners for the State.
 (3) Forthwith after the issue of the writs, the Redistribution Commissioners for the State shall, subject to subsections (4) and (5):
 (a) in a case where the present entitlement of the State is greater than the previous entitlement of the State:
 (i) prepare a list of all possible pairs of contiguous Divisions in the State;
 (ii) ascertain the number of electors enrolled in each possible pair of contiguous Divisions;
 (iii) set aside the pair of contiguous Divisions that has the greatest number of electors enrolled;
 (iv) if the difference between the present entitlement of the State and the previous entitlement of the State is 2—delete from the list all possible pairs of contiguous Divisions containing a Division included in the pair of contiguous Divisions set aside in pursuance of subparagraph (iii) and set aside the pair of contiguous Divisions remaining on the list that has the greatest number of electors enrolled; and
 (v) if the difference between the present entitlement of the State and the previous entitlement of the State is greater than 2—continue successively deleting from the list all possible pairs of contiguous Divisions containing a Division included in a pair of contiguous Divisions set aside in pursuance of subparagraph (iv) or of this subparagraph, and setting aside the pair of contiguous Divisions remaining on the list that has the greatest number of electors enrolled, until the number of pairs of contiguous Divisions set aside in pursuance of this paragraph is equal to the difference between the present entitlement of the State and the previous entitlement of the State; and
 (b) in a case where the present entitlement of the State is less than the previous entitlement of the State:
 (i) prepare a list of all possible pairs of contiguous Divisions in the State;
 (ii) ascertain the number of electors enrolled in each possible pair of contiguous Divisions;
 (iii) set aside the