Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ACT 2005 - SECT 143T

             (1)  If the Minister receives a valid petition calling for the removal of a member of the TSRA from office, the Minister must remove that member from office as soon as possible.

             (2)  In this section:

"eligible person" means a person who would be entitled to vote at an election for that member of the TSRA.

"sufficient number" means a number that is more than 66% of the Torres Strait area number.

"valid petition" means a petition:

                     (a)  that contains the signatures of a sufficient number of persons who were eligible persons when they signed the petition; and

                     (b)  that sets out legibly:

                              (i)  the name of each person who signed the petition; and

                             (ii)  the date on which the person signed; and

                            (iii)  an address for the person that is sufficient to identify the place where the person lives; and

                     (c)  all the signatures to which have been affixed within the period of 6 months immediately before the delivery of the petition to the Minister.