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91(1) and 130(1)

ZONES AND REGIONS
 Column A                          Column B
 Zone                             Places included in regions
 New South Wales (East)            Coffs Harbour
                                  Tamworth
 New South Wales (Metropolitan)    Sydney
 New South Wales (West)            Bourke
                                  Wagga Wagga
                                   Queanbeyan
 Northern Territory (North)        Katherine
                                  Jabiru
                                   Nhulunbuy
                                  Darwin
 Northern Territory (Central)     Alice Springs
                                  Tennant Creek
                                  Apatula
 Queensland (Far North West)       Cooktown
                                   Mt Isa
 Queensland (Metropolitan)        Brisbane
 Queensland (North)                Cairns
                                  Townsville
 Queensland (South)                Roma
                                   Rockhampton
 South Australia                  Adelaide
                                   Port Augusta
                                   Ceduna
 Tasmania                         Hobart
 Torres Strait                    Thursday Island
 Victoria                         Wangaratta
                                   Ballarat
 Western Australia (South West)    Perth
                                   Narrogin

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Column A                           Column B
 Zone                              Places included in regions
 Western Australia (North)         Derby
                                   Kununurra
                                   Broome
 Western Australia (Central)       South Hedland
                                   Geraldton
 Western Australia (South East)    Kalgoorlie
                                   Warburton

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Application of amendments

38. Section 24 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 1993 has effect as if the amendments made by this Part had been made by section 23 of that Act.

PART 10—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
REPLACEMENT OF 59 ORIGINAL REGIONAL COUNCILS BY
35 NEW REGIONAL COUNCILS

This Part does not apply to Torres Strait Regional Council

  39. This Part does not apply to the Torres Strait Regional Council.

Object of Part

40. The object of this Part is to facilitate the transition from 59 original Regional Councils to 35 new Regional Councils. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 1993 provided for a reduction in the number of Regional Councils.

Definitions

  41. In this Part:

"new Regional Council" means a Regional Council consisting of members elected in the round of Regional Council elections for 1993 (ignoring any member who fills a casual vacancy);

"old Regional Council" means a Regional Council consisting of members elected in the first round of Regional Council elections (ignoring any member who fills a casual vacancy);

"transition time" means the end of the election period for the round of Regional Council elections for 1993.

Minister may make transitional determinations

42.(1) The Minister may make written determinations containing such provisions as the Minister thinks necessary relating to the transition from the 59 old Regional Councils to the 35 new Regional Councils.

  (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a determination may provide that:

    (a) specified Regional Council estimates for one or more specified old Regional Councils have effect, after the transition time, as if they were a single set of Regional Council estimates for a specified new Regional Council; or

    (b) a specified thing done by or in relation to one or more old Regional Councils has effect, after the transition time, as if it had been done by or in relation to a specified new Regional Council.

(3) A determination under this section is a disallowable instrument for the purposes