250Establishment of new Local Aboriginal Land Councils

250 Establishment of new Local Aboriginal Land Councils

250 Establishment of new Local Aboriginal Land Councils

(1) If, after the commencement of Schedule 1 [17] to the Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2001, a Local Aboriginal Land Council is constituted by this Act—

(a) the Registrar (or a person appointed by the Registrar) is to prepare a membership roll for the Council under section 54(1), and

(b) the first meeting of the Council is to be held at a time (being a time as soon as practicable after its constitution) and place determined by the Registrar, and

(c) until a Chairperson of the Board is elected at that first meeting, the Registrar (or a person appointed by the Registrar) is to preside at that meeting, and

(d) at the first meeting of the Council, the members are to elect the Board of the Council.

(2) Despite section 54, when first prepared as required by subsection (1), the membership roll is to contain the names and addresses of those adult Aboriginal persons—

(a) who—

(i) reside in the Local Aboriginal Council area concerned, or

(ii) have a sufficient association with that area or are Aboriginal owners of land in that area, and

(b) who have requested in writing that they be enrolled as members of the Council, and

(c) who have been accepted by the Registrar (or a person appointed by the Registrar under subsection (1)(a)) as members.

s 250: Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 1 [17]. Am 2006 No 111, Sch 1 [126]–[128].