157Procedure for suspension or revocation of registration

157 Procedure for suspension or revocation of registration (1) If the Council proposes to suspend or revoke the registration of a registered Aboriginal party under section 156(1), the Council must give the registered Aboriginal party— (a) at least 28 days' notice of the proposal; and (b) an opportunity to make oral and written submissions to the Council on the proposal. (2) A notice under subsection (1) must— (a) be in writing; and (b) advise the registered Aboriginal party— (i) of the proposal to suspend or revoke the registration of the registered Aboriginal party; and (ii) that it may make oral and written submissions to the Council on the proposal at a specified time and place. (3) A determination of the Council under section 156(1) to suspend or revoke the registration of a registered Aboriginal party is not valid unless— (a) at least two-thirds of the members for the time being of the Council are present at the meeting at which the decision is made; and (b) the relevant motion is passed by a simple majority of those members.