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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 30
Basis of holding office
30. (1) The non-elected Commissioners may be appointed on a full-time or
part-time basis.
(2) The persons elected at the first round of zone elections shall be
appointed as Commissioners on a part-time basis.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the persons elected at subsequent rounds of
zone elections shall be appointed as Commissioners on a part-time basis.
(4) Where a later appointed Commissioner elected as the Deputy Chairperson of
the Commission under section 32 holds office as a Commissioner on a part-time
basis, the Commission may request the Minister to direct that the Deputy
Chairperson holds office as a Commissioner on a full-time basis.
(5) Where the Minister receives a request under subsection (4), the Minister
may, in writing, direct that the Deputy Chairperson's appointment as a
Commissioner shall be taken to be an appointment on a full-time basis.
(6) A direction under subsection (5):
(a) has effect for all purposes according to its terms while the
Commissioner concerned remains the Deputy Chairperson; and
(b) ceases to have effect when the Commissioner concerned ceases to be the
Deputy Chairperson.
(7) A reference in this section to a person elected at a round of zone
elections includes a reference to a person elected to replace a person who was
elected at the most recent round of zone elections and has ceased to hold
office as an elected Commissioner.
(8) In this section:
"later appointed Commissioner" means a Commissioner appointed at any time
after the second round of zone elections.
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