ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 106 Fixing of election days, and location of polling places, to be notified in Gazette

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 106

106. (1) The Minister shall cause a copy of the notice under subsection 104
(2) fixing a polling day or polling days for the first round of Regional
Council elections to be published in the Gazette before the day, or the first
of the days, so fixed.

(2) The Minister shall cause a copy of the notice under subsection 104 (2)
fixing a polling day or polling days for a subsequent round of Regional
Council elections to be published in the Gazette at least 90 days before the
day, or the first of the days, so fixed.

(3) The Minister shall cause to be published, together with the copy referred
to in subsection (1) or (2):

   (a)  a copy of the most recent notice appointing polling places under
        section 105; and

   (b)  a notice setting out an estimate by the Minister, in relation to each
        region, of:

        (i)    the number of persons who will be entitled to vote at the
               forthcoming Regional Council election for that region; and

        (ii)   the number of persons living in that region who are Aboriginal
               persons or Torres Strait Islanders.

(4) A failure by the Minister to comply with this section does not invalidate
the fixing of the day or days, or the appointing of the polling places, as the
case requires.