New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 21

21 Criteria for distributions

(1) In carrying out its functions, the Redistribution Panel, subject to complying with sections 28 and 28A of the Constitution Act 1902 , is--

(a) to have regard to demographic trends within New South Wales and, as far as practicable, endeavour to ensure on the basis of those trends that, at the relevant future time, the number of electors enrolled in each electoral district will be equal (within a margin of allowance of 10 per cent more or less of the average enrolment in electoral districts at that future time), and

(b) subject to paragraph (a), to give due consideration, in relation to each electoral district, to--

(i) community of interests within the electoral district, including economic, social and regional interests, and

(ii) means of communication and travel within the electoral district, and

(iii) the physical features and area of the electoral district, and

(iv) mountain and other natural boundaries, and

(v) the boundaries of the existing electoral districts.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (a), the relevant future time is 4 years from the day of the return of the writs for choosing the Assembly that exists at the time the distribution is carried out.