Federal Register of Legislation
Representation Act 1983
Act No. 109 of 1983 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 24 October 2000 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 58 of 1985
The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra
Contents 1 Short title [see Note 1]........................... 2 Commencement [see Note 1]....................... 3 Representation of each State in the Senate................ 4 Repeal of certain Acts............................ 5 Transitional provision—increase in size of the Senate......... 6 Transitional provision—determination of State entitlement......
Notes An Act to increase the number of senators, and for related purposes
1 Short title [see Note 1]
This Act may be cited as the Representation Act 1983.
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 comes into operation.
3 Representation of each State in the Senate
The number of senators for each State shall be 12.
4 Repeal of certain Acts
The following Acts are repealed:
Representation Act 1948
Representation Act 1949.
5 Transitional provision—increase in size of the Senate
(1) Until the day of the first meeting of the Parliament after the first expiration or dissolution of the House of Representatives that occurs after the commencement of this Act, section 3 has effect as if the reference in that section to 12 were a reference to 10.
(2) At the first election of senators for each State held after the commencement of this Act, the number of senators chosen for the State shall be 7.
(3) Of the senators chosen for the State at the election, the 2 non-sitting senators first elected shall be chosen for a term of 6 years and shall hold their places from and including the day referred to in subsection (1), but, for the purpose of maintaining regularity in the rotation of senators, the places of those 2 senators shall, subject to subsection (4), become vacant at the close of 30 June 1991.
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