Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

ATSIC (REGIONAL COUNCILS - ELECTION OF OFFICEHOLDERS) REGULATIONS 1993

- made under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of regulations see Note 1]  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Repeal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (Election of Executive Committees) Regulations  
   4.      Interpretation  
   5.      Regional Manager  
   6.      Election not to be held before zone election  

   PART 2--ELECTIONS AT THE FIRST MEETINGS OF REGIONAL COUNCILS AFTER
           Division 1 Nominations

   7.      Calling for nominations  
   8.      Manner of nomination  
   9.      Declaration of nominations  
           Division 2 Polling
   10.     Order of polls  
   11.     Determination of order of candidates on ballot-papers  
   12.     Ballot-papers  
   13.     Polling procedure  
   14.     Manner of voting  
           Division 3 Counting votes
   15.     Scrutineers  
   16.     Conduct of the count  
   17.     Informal ballot-papers  
   18.     Completion of the count  
           Division 4 Other matters
   19.     Declaration  
   20.     Request for recount  

   PART 3--OTHER ELECTIONS

   21.     Election of new Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson  
   22.     Election of new alternate Deputy Chairperson  
   22A.    Specified offices  

   PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS

   23.     Recording of result of election  
   24.     Advice to the Commission  
   25.     Destruction of election materials  
           SCHEDULE Method of determining the election of a candidate