New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS REGULATION 2020 - REG 36

36 Number of Board members for Council having 100 or fewer voting members

(1) A Local Aboriginal Land Council having 100 or fewer voting members when an election for all Board members is held is to have not fewer than 5 and not more than 7 Board members.

(2) If, at the election for all Board members of the Local Aboriginal Land Council, 5, 6 or 7 nominations are received, the persons nominated are taken to be elected as the Board members of the Council and the number of persons nominated is to be the number of Board members for the Council for the period for which the members are elected.

(3) If, at the election for all Board members of the Local Aboriginal Land Council, more than 7 nominations are received, the number of Board members for the Council for the period for which the members are elected is to be 7.

(4) If, at the election for all Board members of the Local Aboriginal Land Council, fewer than 5 nominations are received, the persons nominated are taken to be elected as Board members of the Council and the number of Board members for the Council for the period for which the members are elected is to be 5.

Note--: Section 68 of the Act provides for elections to fill casual vacancies (such as those created when positions are unfilled after a general Board election). See clause 41 for the filling of casual vacancies.