Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL COUNCILS AND ASSOCIATIONS ACT 1976 No. 186 of 1976 - SECT 21

21. (1) As soon as practicable after the establishment of an Aboriginal
Council the Registrar shall conduct an election of councillors of the Council.

(2) For the purpose of conducting an election under this section, the
Registrar shall, subject to the regulations-

   (a)  inform the adult Aboriginals living in the area of the Aboriginal
        Council of his intention to conduct the election;

   (b)  fix the number of councillors to be elected and notify those
        Aboriginals of that number;

   (c)  determine the manner in which the election is to be conducted and
        explain to those Aboriginals the manner in which the election is to be
        conducted; and

   (d)  fix the date or dates, and the place or places, that are relevant to
        the conduct of the election and notify those Aboriginals of that date
        or dates and that place or places.

(3) In fixing the number of councillors to be elected at an election under
this section and in determining the manner in which the election is to be
conducted, the Registrar shall have regard to the views of the adult
Aboriginals living in the area of the Aboriginal Council.

(4) A person is not entitled to be a candidate, or to vote, in an election of
councillors of an Aboriginal Council under this section unless-

   (a)  he is an Aboriginal; and

   (b)  at the date, or the earlier or earliest of the dates, fixed for the
        purposes of the election-

        (i)    he had attained the age of 18 years; and

        (ii)   he was living in the area of the Council.

(5) If there is a dispute whether a particular person has been elected as a
councillor in an election held under this section, the Registrar shall inquire
into the matter and determine whether that person or another person has been
elected as a councillor.

(6) At the conclusion of an election under this section, the Registrar shall
publish in the Gazette a notice setting out the results of the election and
shall take such other action (if any) as he considers appropriate to inform
the adult Aboriginals living in the area of the Aboriginal Council of those
results.