Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL COUNCILS AND ASSOCIATIONS ACT 1976 No. 186 of 1976 - SECT 25

25. (1) Within 3 months before the date on which the terms of office of the
councillors constituting an Aboriginal Council (in this section referred to as
''the retiring councillors'') expire, the Registrar shall conduct, in
accordance with the Rules of the Council, an election of new councillors.

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

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

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

   (c)  explain to those Aboriginals the manner of conducting the election
        that is specified in the Rules of the Aboriginal Council; 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) 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.

(4) A person elected as a new councillor under this section takes office on
the expiration of the term of office of the retiring councillors.

(5) 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.