Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT 1994 No. 100 of 1994 - SECT 4

4.(1) Section 132 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
is substituted: Zone elections

"132.(1) A zone election must be conducted in accordance with this Act.



"(2) A zone election must also be conducted in accordance with:

   (a)  if the election is a supplementary election-the zone election rules in
        force immediately before the day on which the Minister fixes the day
        for the close of the poll for the supplementary election; or

   (b)  if the election is not a supplementary election-the zone election
        rules in force at the end of the election period for the last round of
        Regional Council elections.



"(3) Subject to zone election rules made under section 138, a zone election
must be conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission.



"(4) In this section:
'supplementary election' means:

   (a)  a zone election held to fill a casual vacancy in the office of
        Commissioner representing the zone; or

   (b)  a zone election held in place of a zone election in relation to which
        the Federal Court of Australia has made an order under Schedule 4.".

(2) If the zone election referred to in subsection 104A(8) of the Principal
Act has not been held before this section commences, the amendment made by
subsection (1) of this section does not apply to that zone election.