REPRESENTATION.
No.
97 of 1964.
An Act relating to the Number of
Members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in the several States.
[Assented
to 18th November, 1964.]
BE it enacted by
the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Representation Act 1964.
(2.) The Representation
Act 1905-1938 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Representation Act 1905-1964.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into
operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Determination
of representation of the States.
3. Section ten of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from
paragraph (b) the words “greater than one-half of the quota”.
New
determination of representation of the States to be made.
4.—(1.) The last determination made by the Chief
Electoral Officer before the commencement of this Act under section nine of the
Principal Act of the number of members of the House of Representatives to be
chosen in the several States shall not have effect.
(2.) Forthwith after the commencement of this Act,
the Chief Electoral Officer shall make a determination of the number of members
of the House of Representatives to be chosen in the several States in the
manner provided by section ten of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.