195Application of Assembly election rules to transitional election

195 Application of Assembly election rules to transitional election

(1) Subject to this Act, the Assembly election rules apply with any necessary modification in relation to the transitional election as if it were an election of general members of the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria Ltd.

(2) A power or function conferred by the Assembly election rules on the Council is to be exercised or performed by—

(a) if the power or function relates to election dates or determining voting methods for the transitional election, the transitional Electoral Officer; and

(b) in any other case, the Treaty Authority.

(3) The Assembly election rules do not apply to the transitional election to the extent that they relate to—

(a) the manner of announcing results of an election; or

(b) funding for production of campaign material.

(4) Subsection (1) does not prevent the amendment of the Assembly election rules, in accordance with those rules, after the Part 18 commencement day if necessary to give effect to this Part.