Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body Act 2008
32Interpretation of applied provisions of Electoral Act
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32 Interpretation of applied provisions of Electoral Act In the application of the Electoral Act in relation to an ATSIEB election— (a) a reference to a provision of that Act is taken to be a reference to the provision in its application in relation to the ATSIEB election; and (b) a reference to— (i) a term used in that Act is taken to be a reference to the term in the application of that Act in relation to the ATSIEB election; and (ii) in particular, a term mentioned in column 2 of an item in table 32 is taken to be a reference to the term mentioned in column 3 of the item. Table 32 Interpretation of terms in applied provisions of Electoral Act item term in Electoral Act term in this Act 1 (a) an election; (b) a general election; (c) an ordinary election an ATSIEB election 2 an elector an elector in an ATSIEB election 3 an electorate the ACT 4 a relevant electorate the ACT 5 a candidate a candidate in an ATSIEB election 6 a seat an ATSIEB position 7 a polling day a polling period 8 a reference to something happening on polling day a reference to something happening during a polling period 9 an MLA an ATSIEB member
Section 33 item term in Electoral Act term in this Act 10 the Legislative Assembly ATSIEB 11 the Speaker (a) the ATSIEB chair; or (b) if there is no ATSIEB chair—the ATSIEB deputy chair; or (c) if there is no ATSIEB deputy chair— the Minister 12 the Court of Disputed Elections the Court of Disputed ATSIEB Elections 13 a form approved under the Electoral Act, section 340A a form approved under this Act, section 34