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36. Insertion of new section:
       4A. Minister may make determinations about what constitutes misbehaviour

PART 9—AMENDMENTS TO SUBSTITUTE A NEW SCHEDULE 1
(ZONES AND REGIONS)

 37. Repeal of Schedule and substitution of new Schedule:

SCHEDULE 1

ZONES AND REGIONS

 38. Application of amendments

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

 39. This Part does not apply to Torres Strait Regional Council
 40. Object of Part
 41. Definitions
 42. Minister may make transitional determinations

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993

No. 37 of 1993

An Act to amend the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989, and for related purposes

[Assented to 20 September 1993]

  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title etc.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993.

(2) In this Act, "Principal Act" means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 19891.

Commencement

  2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

PART 2—AMENDMENT TO INSERT A DEFINITION OF "REGIONAL COUNCILLOR"

Interpretation

3. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

" 'Regional Councillor' means a member of a Regional Council;".

PART 3—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REGIONAL COUNCIL
ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Advisory committees

4. Section 96 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsections:

"(3) A member of an advisory committee is entitled to remuneration and allowances in accordance with section 194.

"(4) A member of an advisory committee holds office on such terms and conditions (if any) in respect of matters not provided for by this Act as are determined by the Commission by notice published in the Gazette".

Insertion of new sections

5. After section 96 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

Advisory committee—disclosure of interests at meetings

"96A.(1) A member of an advisory committee established under section 96 who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the committee must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to the member's knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a meeting of the committee.

"(2) A disclosure under subsection (1) must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the committee.

Advisory committee—member's appointment to be terminated for non-disclosure of interests

"96B.(1) This section applies to an advisory committee established under section 96 by a Regional Council.

"(2) The Regional Council must terminate the appointment of a member of the committee if the member fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with