Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05055:schedule:2:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05055
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2 (pt 2/15)
Character Range: 3324–7549

amendment made by item 4 extends to the round of Regional Council elections for which the election period started on 12 July 1996 (the current round of Regional Council elections),

  (3) The Regional Council Election Rules are amended by repealing Schedule 1 and substituting the Schedule set out at the end of this item.

  (4) The amendment of the Regional Council Election Rules made by subitem (3) is taken to have been duly made by the Minister under section 113 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 and may be amended or repealed by further rules made by the Minister under that section.

  (5) Despite paragraph 100(b) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989, the current round of Regional Council elections is to be conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission in accordance with the Regional Council Election Rules referred to in that paragraph as amended by subitem (3).

(6) If:

        (a) before the commencement of this Act, the authorised electoral officer, under subsection 107(1) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989, declared, in relation to the current round of Regional Council elections, a candidate or candidates who nominated for election as the member or members for a Regional Council ward to be duly elected; and

        (b) the number of candidates nominated for election as the member or members for that Regional Council ward was greater than the number that, under that Act as amended by this Act, is the designated number in relation to the ward;

the declaration is taken not to have been made and a poll must be held.
SCHEDULE TO BE INSERTED IN REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTION RULES
                     SCHEDULE 1 Rule 2A

WARDS
Column 1         Column 2                Column 3    Column 4
Region that      Ward                    Designated  Map depicting
contains the                             number for  boundaries of
following place                          ward        wards
                 PART 1 NEW SOUTH WALES
Coffs Harbour    Gattang                 7           ATSIC Coffs
                 Northern Rivers         5           Harbour Region -
                                                     ATSIC 96/1
Tamworth         Gomilaroi               5           ATSIC Tamworth
                 Tingha                  3           Region - ATSIC
                 Quirindi                4           96/2
Sydney           Sydney                  12          ATSIC Sydney Region - ATSIC
                                                     96/3
Bourke           Wangkumara              7           ATSIC Bourke
                 NSW Far West            3           Region - ATSIC
                                                     96/4
Wagga Wagga      Deniliquin              1           ATSIC Wagga
                 Wirawongam              7           Wagga Region -
                 Murrumbidgee/
                 Lachlan                 4           ATSIC 96/5
Queanbeyan       Bogong                  5           ATSIC
                 Umbara                  6           Queanbeyan
                                                     Region - ATSIC
                                                     96/6

PART 2 - NORTHERN TERRITORY
Katherine                    Ward 1             1               ATSIC Katherine
                             Ward 2             2               Region - ATSIC
                             Ward 3             3               96/7
                             Ward 4             2
                                 Ward 5 Ward 5      3333333
Jabiru                       Tiwi Islands       3               ATSIC Jabiru
                             Jabiru             4               Region - ATSIC
                             Coburg             1               96/8
                             Wadeye             2
                             Daly River         1

Nhulunbuy                    West               5               ATSIC
                             East               3               Nhulunbuy
                             South              3               Region - ATSIC
                                                                96/9