25Election of new councillors

#### 25 Election of new councillors (1) Within 3 months before the date on which the terms of office of the councillors constituting an Aboriginal Council (in this section referred to as the retiring councillors) expire, the Registrar shall conduct, in accordance with the Rules of the Council, an election of new councillors. (2) For the purpose of conducting an election under this section, the Registrar shall: (a) inform the adult Aboriginals living in the area of the Aboriginal Council of the Registrar’s intention to conduct the election; (b) notify those Aboriginals of the number of councillors to be elected; (c) explain to those Aboriginals the manner of conducting the election that is specified in the Rules of the Aboriginal Council; and (d) fix the date or dates, and the place or places, that are relevant to the conduct of the election and notify those Aboriginals of that date or dates and that place or places. (3) A person is not entitled to be a candidate, or to vote, in an election of councillors of an Aboriginal Council under this section unless: (a) the person is an Aboriginal; and (b) at the date, or the earlier or earliest of the dates, fixed for the purposes of the election: (i) the person had attained the age of 18 years; and (ii) the person was living in the area of the Council. (4) A person elected as a new councillor under this section takes office on the expiration of the term of office of the retiring councillors. (5) At the conclusion of an election under this section, the Registrar shall publish in the Gazette a notice setting out the results of the election and shall take such other action (if any) as the Registrar considers appropriate to inform the adult Aboriginals living in the area of the Aboriginal Council of those results.