Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Electoral Commissioner shall, forthwith after he or she has determined, in accordance with section 48, the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in the several States and Territories at a general election:
(a) forward to the Minister a certificate setting out:
(i) the number, ascertained under section 46, of the people of each of the following:
(A) the Commonwealth;
(B) each of the States;
(C) the Australian Capital Territory;
(D) the Northern Territory;
(DA) Norfolk Island;
(E) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;
(F) the Territory of Christmas Island;
(G) each of the other Territories; and
(ii) the number of members of the House of Representatives so determined by him or her; and
(iii) details of any adjustments that were made to the statistical information supplied by the Australian Statistician in arriving at the numbers referred to in subparagraph (i) in order to give effect to the provisions of this Division; and
(iv) any calculations involved in arriving at those numbers, making those adjustments or determining the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in a State or Territory at a general election; and
(b) cause a copy of the certificate to be published forthwith in the Gazette .
Note: Subparagraph (a)(iii)--Adjustments may be necessary to give effect, for example, to subsection 48(2BA) or (2C).
(1A) The certificate must be published in the Gazette within 1 month after the end of the period of 12 months referred to in subsection 46(1).
(2) The Minister shall cause copies of the certificate to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 5 sitting days of that House after receiving the certificate.