Statewide Treaty Act 2025
35Gellung Warl plebiscite required for electoral rules which change First Peoples' Assembly member term periods
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35 Gellung Warl plebiscite required for electoral rules which change First Peoples' Assembly member term periods
(1) The First Peoples' Assembly must make electoral rules to require a Gellung Warl plebiscite to be conducted before a rule changing the period of First Peoples' Assembly member terms is made.
(2) Before a proposed electoral rule changing the period of First Peoples' Assembly member terms is made by the First Peoples' Assembly, the proposed electoral rule changing the period of member terms must be approved by the majority of eligible electors voting at a Gellung Warl plebiscite conducted in accordance with the internal rules.
(3) Any internal rule which is an electoral rule changing the period of member terms is void if a Gellung Warl plebiscite is not conducted in relation to it.