The local authority of any constituent district may at any time, by written notice, require the Board to investigate whether, having regard to the matters set out in subsection (3) of this section, the number of representatives of any constituent district should be changed.

On receiving a notice under subsection (3a) of this section the Board shall conduct the required investigation and forward a report of its findings and its recommendation to the Council within 6 months after the date of receipt of the notice or within such longer period as the Council may allow. A copy of the report and recommendation shall be forwarded to the local authority of every constituent district at the same time as they are forwarded to the Council.

After considering the report and recommendation, and after giving the local authority of every constituent district an opportunity to comment thereon, and after having regard to the matters set out in subsection (3) of this section, the Council may in its discretion recommend to the Minister that the Board’s recommendation be accepted with or without modification or be declined.

On receiving the recommendation of the Council the Minister may in his discretion, if a change in the number of representatives of any constituent district is recommended, recommend to the Governor-General that an Order in Council be issued under subsection (3) of this section to give effect to the change.”