Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 100 of 1994 - SECT 14

14. After section 142T of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
TSRA wards Rules may divide Torres Strait area into wards

"142TA.(1) The TSRA election rules may:

   (a)  provide for the division of the Torres Strait area into specified
        wards; and

   (b)  set out the boundaries of each ward; and

   (c)  fix the designated number for each ward.

Significance of fixing designated number for a ward

"(2) The following is an explanation of the significance of fixing the
designated number for a ward:

   (a)  if the designated number is 1-subject to section 143A (which deals
        with nominations), there is to be a single member of the TSRA for the
        ward;

   (b)  if the designated number is any other number-subject to section 143A
        (which deals with nominations), there is to be that number of members
        of the TSRA for the ward.

Total of designated numbers for wards

"(3) The total of the designated numbers for TSRA wards must equal the
eligible number for the TSRA less the number of members (if any) who hold
office as members under a notice under section 142S.

When rules about wards take effect

"(4) TSRA election rules made for the purposes of this section:

   (a)  have effect for the purposes of TSRA elections held after the
        commencement of the rules; and

   (b)  take effect, for all other purposes, at the end of the election period
        for the first TSRA election held after the date on which the rules
        commence.

If no rules in force then Torres Strait area taken to be a single ward

"(5) For the purposes of this Act, if there are no TSRA election rules in
force that divide the Torres Strait area into wards:

   (a)  the area is taken to be a single ward; and

   (b)  the designated number for the ward is equal to the eligible number for
        the TSRA less the number of members (if any) who hold office as
        members under a notice under section 142S.".