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55Aboriginal persons may be member of more than one Local Aboriginal Land Council
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#### 55 Aboriginal persons may be member of more than one Local Aboriginal Land Council
55 Aboriginal persons may be member of more than one Local Aboriginal Land Council
> > (1) An Aboriginal person may be a member of more than one Local Aboriginal Land Council.
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> > (2) However, a person is entitled to voting rights in relation to one Local Aboriginal Land Council only at any one time.
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> > (3) The Local Aboriginal Land Council in relation to which the person has voting rights is to be the Council nominated by the person or, if the person has not made a nomination, the Council for the area within which the person resides.
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> > (4) A non-voting member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council is not entitled to vote—
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> > > (a) in elections for Board members, or
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> > > (b) on any matter to be determined by the Council.
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> > (4A) A voting member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council is not entitled to vote in elections for Board members if—
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> > > (a) the member has not attended at least 2 meetings of the Council in the preceding 12 months as a voting member, or
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> > > (b) the member is suspended from membership of the Council or Board.
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> > (4B) Subsection (4A)(a) does not apply if an administrator was appointed to perform all of the functions of the Local Aboriginal Land Council for all or part of the relevant 12-month period.
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> > (5) A vote by a non-voting member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council or a member referred to in subsection (4A) in such an election or on such a matter is void.
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> **s 55:** Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 1 \[17\]. Am 2006 No 111, Sch 1 \[23\]–\[27\]; 2016 No 55, Sch 1.1 \[1\].