Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:59:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 59 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 108518–111255

determination under subsection 48(1) will or may result in an alteration of the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in the State at a general election;
the Electoral Commission may, by notice published in the Gazette, direct that subsection (2) does not apply in relation to the State until the making of the determination referred to in paragraph (c).
 (6) Where:
 (a) a State is undergoing redistribution into Divisions; and
 (b) a direction under subsection (1) is made in relation to the State by virtue of paragraph (2)(a);
the redistribution of the State into Divisions, being the redistribution referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection, is, by force of this subsection, terminated.

Redistributions of Australian Capital Territory or Northern Territory
 (7) Subject to subsections (8) and (9A), a direction under subsection (1) shall be made in relation to the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory:
 (aa) forthwith after the making of a determination under subsection 48(1) that results in an alteration of the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in the Territory at a general election; and
 (a) whenever it appears to the Electoral Commission, from statements published under subsection 58(1), that a Division in the Territory is, and has, for a period of more than 2 months, been, a malapportioned Division; and
 (b) if a period of 7 years after the day on which the Territory was last distributed into Electoral Divisions by a determination under subsection 73(1) expires, within 30 days after the expiration of the period of 7 years;
and not otherwise.
 (8) A direction under subsection (1) shall not be made in relation to the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory by virtue of paragraph (7)(a) or (b):
 (a) if the Territory is undergoing redistribution into Divisions; or
 (b) within one year before the date of expiry of a House of Representatives by effluxion of time.
 (9) If a period of 7 years after the day on which the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory was last distributed into Electoral Divisions by a determination under subsection 73(1) expires within one year before the date of expiry of a House of Representatives by effluxion of time, subsection (7) of this section has effect, in relation to the expiration of that first‑mentioned period, as if the reference in paragraph (b) to within 30 days after the expiration of the period of 7 years were a reference to within 30 days after the day of the first meeting of the next following House of Representatives.
 (9A) Where:
 (a) a direction under subsection (1) is, but for this subsection, required by subsection (7) (including that subsection