Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTORAL ACT 2011 - SECT 45AB

45AB Referral of application to electoral commissioner for recommendation

(1) The Minister must refer an application made under section 45AA to the electoral commissioner for the commissioner’s recommendation about whether the application should be approved.

(2) The electoral commissioner must—

(a) consider the application; and

(b) give the Minister a written recommendation about whether the application should be approved and the reasons for the recommendation.

(3) Before making the recommendation, the electoral commissioner may ask the local government for further information the electoral commissioner reasonably requires to make the recommendation.

(4) In making the recommendation, the electoral commissioner must have regard to the following matters—

(a) the reasons, stated in the application, why the poll should be conducted by postal ballot;

(b) the costs of conducting the poll by postal ballot compared to the costs of conducting the poll using polling booths;

(c) the number of persons enrolled on an electoral roll for an electoral district, or part of an electoral district, included in the area to which the application relates;

(d) the population density and distribution in the area to which the application relates;

(e) whether a poll has previously been conducted by postal ballot in the area to which the application relates.