Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 - SECT 8

             (1)  A person who becomes a member of the Institute because of paragraph 7(1)(a), or because of an appointment under paragraph 7(1)(c), continues to be a member because of that paragraph or appointment for a period of 5 years.

             (2)  A person who becomes a member of the Institute because of paragraph 7(1)(b) continues to be a member because of that paragraph:

                     (a)  in the case of a person listed as an associate member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies--for a period equal to so much of the person's term as an associate member as remained unexpired at the commencement of this section; and

                     (b)  in the case of a person listed as a corresponding member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies--for a period of 5 years.

             (3)  Nothing in this section prevents the Council from appointing as a member of the Institute a person who has previously been a member of the Institute.