New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 29

29 Proclamation by Governor of names and maps of electoral districts

(1) The Governor is to cause a proclamation to be published in the Gazette, setting out--

(a) the name of each electoral district, and

(b) a map of each electoral district.

(2) On publication of a proclamation under this section, the electoral districts specified in the proclamation are, until altered by a further distribution required under the Constitution Act 1902 , the electoral districts of New South Wales.

(3) The Electoral Commission must ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that maps indicating the names and boundaries of those electoral districts are available for inspection on the Electoral Commission's website.

(4) Despite subsection (2), the electoral districts existing immediately before the publication of a proclamation under this section remain, for the purposes of any by-election to be held before the dissolution or expiry of the Assembly following that publication, the electoral districts of New South Wales.

(5) The Redistribution Panel is to ensure that a copy of the maps of the electoral districts is lodged with the Surveyor-General, who is required to keep that copy at least until the next distribution of electoral districts.

(6) The copy lodged with the Surveyor-General is evidence of the boundaries of the electoral districts to which it relates.

Note : Section 9C of the Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002 requires details of electoral districts to be included in the register of public surveys.