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Aboriginal Land Rights Regulation 2020
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#### 56 Certification of roll
56 Certification of roll
> > (1) The chief executive officer of each Local Aboriginal Land Council must, not later than 7 clear days after the closing date specified in the relevant notice of election, send a current copy of the Council’s membership roll to the Registrar that is certified in a manner approved by the Registrar.
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> > (1A) For the Act, section 60(a), the copy of the membership roll sent under subclause (1) must—
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> > > (a) list the members in alphabetical order by surname, and
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> > > (b) have a consecutive number listed next to each member.
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> > (2) Within 14 clear days after the certified copies of the membership rolls for the Local Aboriginal Land Councils have been sent to the Registrar, the Registrar must—
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> > > (a) ensure that the consolidated membership roll kept by the Registrar is current, and
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> > > (b) prepare an electoral roll for each Region that contains the names of each voting member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council in that Region, and
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> > > (c) certify each electoral roll in the form set out in Form 5 of Schedule 5, and
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> > > (d) send the rolls to the returning officer.
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> > (3) If the chief executive officer of a Local Aboriginal Land Council fails for any reason to provide the Registrar with a certified copy of the membership roll of the Local Aboriginal Land Council, the Chairperson of the Board of the Local Aboriginal Land Council may certify and send to the Registrar a copy of the membership roll for the Local Aboriginal Land Council.
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> > (4) If the chief executive officer and the Chairperson of the Board of a Local Aboriginal Land Council do not provide the Registrar with a certified copy of the membership roll of the Local Aboriginal Land Council, the Registrar may compile a membership roll and certify a copy of the roll.
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> **cl 56:** Am 2023 (600), Sch 1\[1\] \[2\].