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1998-99
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
THE
SENATE
Presented and read a first
time
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Bill (No. 1)
1999
No. ,
1999
(Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989, and for
related purposes
ISBN: 0642
407231
Contents
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act
1989 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission Act 1989, and for related
purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Commission Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) If Schedule 2 to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Commission Amendment Act 1996 commences on or after the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent, then the amendments made by Schedule 1 to this
Act commence immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 to the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act
1996.
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this
Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to
its terms.
Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989
1 Section 27
Repeal the section, substitute:
(1) The Commission consists of the members appointed by the Minister under
this section.
(2) The Minister must appoint as members of the Commission the persons
elected under Division 7 of Part 3 to represent the several zones.
Note: A Commissioner who is elected as the Commission
Chairperson ceases to hold office under Division 7 of Part 3 and as a Regional
Councillor. See section 31A.
2 At the end of section 31A
Add:
(3) A Commissioner who is elected as the Commission Chairperson:
(a) ceases to hold office as a person elected under Division 7 of Part 3
to represent a zone; and
(b) ceases to hold office as a Regional Councillor.
Note: The vacated offices will be filled in accordance with
the procedures set out in the zone election rules and the Regional Council
election rules.
3 After subsection 39(1A)
Insert:
(1AA) A Commission Chairperson who resigns under subsection (1A) is taken
to have also resigned as a member of the Commission.