New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 121

121 Election of councillors

(1) Each councillor is to be elected in the manner specified in this Division to represent a Region.

(2) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the election of councillors.

(3) The Electoral Commissioner for New South Wales, or a person employed in the office of and nominated by the Electoral Commissioner, is to be the returning officer for elections of councillors.

(4) A person is not qualified to be nominated to stand for election, or to be elected, as a councillor to represent a Region if, at the time of the nomination or election, either of the following applies to the person--

(a) the person is not a voting member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council the area of which is within the Region,

(b) the person is disqualified from holding office as a councillor of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council.

(5) A person is entitled to vote at an election for a councillor to represent a Region if the person is a voting member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council the area of which is within the Region.

(6) A person is only entitled to cast his or her vote in respect of the Local Aboriginal Land Council area in which the person has voting rights.

(7) The regulations may make provision with respect to the nomination of persons to stand for election as a councillor to represent a Region.