- Act 31 of 1998 - Royal Assent 27 July 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1 - Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Commencement PART 2 - Amendments to Constitution Act 1934 3. Principal Act 4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation) 5. Section 8A amended (Limit on number of Ministers of the Crown) 6. Section 18AA substituted 7. Section 18 substituted 8. Section 19 amended (Council elections) 9. Section 20 amended (Quorum of the Council) 10. Section 22 substituted 11. Section 25 amended (Quorum of, and voting in, the Assembly) 12. Part III, Division 4: Heading amended 13. Section 26 repealed 14. Section 27 repealed 15. Schedule 2 repealed PART 3 - Amendments to Electoral Act 1985 16. Principal Act 17. Section 3 amended (Interpretation) 18. Section 94 amended (Proceedings after close of nominations for Assembly division) 19. Section 96 amended (Certain persons disqualified from being nominated as candidates for election to Council) 20. Section 129 amended (Manner in which vote to be recorded) 21. Section 187 amended (Informal ballot-papers) 22. Section 189 amended (Declaration of polling) 23. Schedule 1 amended (Forms) PART 4 - Amendments to Legislative Council Electoral Boundaries Act 1995 24. Principal Act 25. Section 3 amended (Interpretation) 26. Section 4 amended (Appointment of Redistribution Committee and Redistribution Tribunal) 27. Section 5 substituted 28. Section 6 substituted 29. Section 7 amended (Alternate members of Redistribution Committee and Redistribution Tribunal) 30. Section 7A amended (Filling of casual vacancies) 31. Section 9 amended (Quarterly ascertainment of enrolment, &c.) 32. Section 10 amended (Commencement of redistributions) 33. Section 11 repealed 34. Section 12 substituted 35. Section 13 amended (Redistribution Committee to make initial redistribution proposal) 36. Section 15 amended (Notice of initial redistribution proposal) 37. Section 17 amended (Objections in relation to initial redistribution proposal) 38. Section 18 amended (Consideration of initial objections) 39. Section 19 amended (Notice of inquiries) 40. Section 20 amended (Procedure at inquiries) 41. Section 25 amended (Redistribution of State) 42. Section 27 amended (Copies of certain documents to be forwarded to both Houses of Parliament) 43. Section 28 amended (Decisions and determinations under this Part final, &c.) 44. Section 29 substituted 45. Division 5A inserted 46. Schedule 1 amended (Meetings of Redistribution Committee) 47. Schedule 2 amended (Meetings of Redistribution Tribunal) PART 5 - Amendments to Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Act 1973 48. Principal Act 49. Section 3 amended (Interpretation) 50. Sections 8 , 9 , 10 and 11 inserted PART 6 - Savings and transitional provisions 51. Application of amendments to Constitution Act 1934 52. Application of amendments to Electoral Act 1985 53. Continuation of Council member as Minister of the Crown 54. Continuation of Council member as Secretary to Cabinet PART 7 - Miscellaneous 55. Regulations of savings or transitional nature 56. Administration of Act[ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ]