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#### 63 Board members
63 Board members
> > (1) The Board members are to be elected at every fourth annual meeting of a Local Aboriginal Land Council.
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> > (2) A person is not qualified to be nominated to stand for election, or to be elected, as a Board member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council if, at the time of the nomination or election, any of the following applies to the person—
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> > > (a) the person is not a voting member of the Council,
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> > > (b) the person is suspended or disqualified from holding office as a Board member or is suspended from membership of the Council,
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> > > (c) the person has not attended at least 2 meetings of the Council in the last 12 months.
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> > (2A) Subsection (2)(c) 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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> > (2B) A person may nominate another person to stand for election as a Board member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council if, at the time of the nomination, all of the following apply to the person—
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> > > (a) the person is a voting member of the Council, and
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> > > (b) the person is not suspended from membership of the Council, and
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> > > (c) the person has attended at least 2 meetings of the Council in the last 12 months.
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> > (2C) Subsection (2B)(c) 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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> > (3) A Board member is entitled to be paid travelling and other allowances decided by resolution of the voting members of the Local Aboriginal Land Council.
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> > (4) (Repealed)
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> > (5) A Board member is eligible for re-election, subject to this Act.
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> > (6) The Registrar is to be the returning officer for an election.
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> > (7) Elections for Board members are to be conducted in accordance with the regulations.
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> > (8) Without limiting subsection (7), the regulations may make provision with respect to the nomination of persons to stand for election as a Board member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council.
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> **s 63:** Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 1 \[17\]. Subst 2006 No 111, Sch 1 \[41\] (am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.2). Am 2013 No 66, Sch 1 \[14\] \[15\]; 2014 No 75, Sch 1 \[24\]; 2016 No 27, Sch 1.1 \[1\]; 2022 No 68, Sch 2.1\[2\].