Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1993 No. 37 of 1993 - SECT 8

8. After section 100 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Regional Council wards Rules may divide region into wards

"100A. (1) The Regional Council election rules may:

   (a)  provide for the division of a region into such wards as are specified;
        and

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

   (c)  fix the designated number for each ward so specified. No more than 5
        wards in each region

"(2) The number of wards in each region must not be more than 5. Significance
of fixing the designated number for a ward

"(3) 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 107 (which deals
        with nominations), there is to be a single member of the Regional
        Council for the ward;

   (b)  if the designated number is any other number - subject to section 107
        (which deals with nominations), there is to be that number of members
        of the Regional Council for the ward. Total of designated numbers for
        wards in a region must equal the prescribed number for the
        Regional Council

"(4) The total of the designated numbers for the wards in a region must equal
the prescribed number in relation to the Regional Council. When rules about
wards take effect

"(5) Regional Council election rules made for the purposes of this section:

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

   (b)  take effect, for all other purposes, at the end of the election period
        in relation to the first round of Regional Council elections held
        after the date on which the rules commence. If no rules in force then
        region taken to be a single ward

"(6) For the purposes of this Act, if there are no Regional Council election
rules in force that divide a region into wards:

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

   (b)  the designated number in relation to the ward is equal to the
        prescribed number in relation to the Regional Council concerned.".