Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 41

41. (1) Where the Minister receives a valid petition calling for the
termination of the appointment of the Commissioner who represents a zone, the
Minister shall forthwith terminate the appointment of that Commissioner.

(2) In this section:

"eligible person" means a person who would be entitled to vote at an election
for the members of the Regional Council for a region included in the zone
concerned;

"sufficient number" means a number that exceeds 66% of the sum of the
electorate numbers for all the regions included in the zone;

"valid petition" means a petition:

   (a)  that contains the signatures of a sufficient number of persons who
        were eligible persons when they signed the petition;

   (b)  that sets out legibly:

        (i)    the name of each person who has signed the petition;

        (ii)   the date on which the person signed; and

        (iii)  an address for the person that is sufficient to identify the
               place where the person lives; and

   (c)  all the signatures to which have been affixed within the period of 6
        months immediately preceding the delivery of the petition to the
        Minister.