Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES (TAX SHARING AND HEALTH GRANTS) AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1982 No. 94, 1982 - SECT 3

3. After section 4 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Determination of population of a State

''4A. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the estimated population of a State on
31 December in a year shall be taken to be the population of the State on that
date as determined by the Statistician under this section.

''(2) The determination by the Statistician under this section of the
estimated population of a State on 31 December in a year shall be made after
that date and before 10 June next following that date.

''(3) The Statistician, in making a determination under this section of the
estimated population of a State, shall, where practicable, consult with the
official Statistician of the State and shall have regard to the latest
statistics in relation to population available to the Statistician on the day
on which the determination is made.''.