Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 100 of 1994 - SECT 31

31. Schedule 4 to the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph 3(d) "stated; and" and substituting
        "stated.";

   (b)  by omitting paragraph 3(e);

   (c)  by inserting after clause 3 the following clause: Deadline for filing
        a petition

"3A.(1) Any petition disputing an election held as part of a general election
must be filed in a Registry of the Court within 40 days after the last day on
which a poll is declared in relation to the general election.



"(2) Any petition disputing any other election must be filed in a Registry of
the Court within 40 days after the poll is declared in relation to the
election.



"(3) In this clause:
'general election' means:

   (a)  a round of Regional Council elections; or

   (b)  a round of zone elections; or

   (c)  a TSRA election for all wards.";
(d) by inserting in clause 6 ", 3A" after "3".