Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1993 No. 37 of 1993 - SECT 13

13. Section 107 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Effect of nominations

"107.(1) If the number of candidates nominated for election as the member or
members for a Regional Council ward is equal to or less than the designated
number in relation to the ward, the authorised electoral officer must declare
the candidate or candidates, as the case requires, to be duly elected.
Subsection (3) may require the deferral of the declaration.

"(2) If the number of candidates nominated for election as the member or
members for a Regional Council ward is more than the designated number in
relation to the ward, a poll must be held.

"(3) If subsection (1) applies to some, but not all, of the wards in a region,
all declarations (whether made under this section or otherwise) must be made
in respect of all the wards on the same day.".