Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04677:schedule:4:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A04677
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 4 (pt 12/31)
Character Range: 186104–188884

Commission Chairperson to chair Review Panel

"141B. The Commission Chairperson is the Chairperson of a Review Panel.

Review Panel must invite submissions

"141C.(1) As soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 30 days, after it is convened, a Review Panel must invite written submissions by notice in:

  (a) the Gazette; and

    (b) at least 2 newspapers or periodicals, being such newspapers or periodicals as the Review Panel considers are likely to be read by a reasonable number of persons having an interest in the matters under review.

"(2) The notice must set out the effect of section 141D (which deals with deadlines for lodging submissions).

Submissions must be given to the Review Panel within 90 days

"141D. Submissions must be given to the Review Panel within 90 days after the day on which the notice is published in the Gazette.

Submissions must be made available for inspection

"141E. The Chairperson of the Review Panel must make the submissions available for inspection at each office of:

  (a) the Australian Electoral Commission; and

  (b) the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

Conduct of review etc.

"141F.(1) Within 240 days after the day on which the notice is published in the Gazette, the Review Panel must:

  (a) consider all the submissions; and

     (b) in the case of a review under subsection 141(2)—make one or more written draft recommendations (the 'draft boundary recommendations') about the matters under review; and

     (c) in the case of a review under subsection 141(3)—give the Minister a written report under that subsection about the matters under review.

"(2) If a report is given to the Minister under subsection 141(3), the Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after its receipt by the Minister.

Notice of making of draft boundary recommendation to be published in the Gazette etc.

"141G.(1) Within 14 days after the day on which a Review Panel makes a draft boundary recommendation, the Chairperson of the Panel must cause notice of the making of the recommendation to be published in:

  (a) the Gazette; and

     (b) at least 2 newspapers or periodicals, being such newspapers or periodicals as the Review Panel considers are likely to be read by a reasonable number of persons having an interest in the matters under review.

"(2) The notice must include a statement:

     (a) to the effect that a person may give the Review Panel a written objection against the draft boundary recommendation; and

     (b) setting out the effect of section 141H (which deals with deadlines for lodging objections).

Objections against draft boundary recommendation

"141H. A person may give the Review Panel a