New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 22

22 Public notice of redistribution

(1) As soon as practicable after the Redistribution Panel has been advised that a distribution is required, the Panel is to give public notice of the redistribution--

(a) in the Gazette, and

(b) on the Electoral Commission's website, and

(c) in a newspaper published or circulating in New South Wales.

(2) The public notice must--

(a) invite suggestions in writing, to be lodged with the Redistribution Panel within 30 days after the date the public notice was given (the
"suggestion period" ), relating to the distribution of New South Wales into electoral districts, and

(b) invite comments in writing, to be lodged with the Panel within 14 days after the expiry of the suggestion period (the
"comments period" ), relating to any suggestions received by the Panel under this section, and

(c) notify the public that any suggestions and comments lodged with the Panel will be made available for public inspection on the Electoral Commission's website as soon as is reasonably practicable after the expiry of the suggestion period or comments period, as the case requires.

(3) The Redistribution Panel is to make a copy of any suggestion or comment lodged with the Panel under this section available for public inspection on the Electoral Commission's website as soon as is reasonably practicable after the expiry of the suggestion period or comments period, as the case requires.