New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS REGULATION 2020 - REG 56

56 Certification of roll

(1) The chief executive officer of each Local Aboriginal Land Council must, not later than 7 clear days after the closing date specified in the relevant notice of election, send a current copy of the Council's membership roll to the Registrar that is certified in a manner approved by the Registrar.

(1A) For the Act, section 60(a), the copy of the membership roll sent under subclause (1) must--

(a) list the members in alphabetical order by surname, and

(b) have a consecutive number listed next to each member.

(2) Within 14 clear days after the certified copies of the membership rolls for the Local Aboriginal Land Councils have been sent to the Registrar, the Registrar must--

(a) ensure that the consolidated membership roll kept by the Registrar is current, and

(b) prepare an electoral roll for each Region that contains the names of each voting member of a Local Aboriginal Land Council in that Region, and

(c) certify each electoral roll in the form set out in Form 5 of Schedule 5, and

(d) send the rolls to the returning officer.

(3) If the chief executive officer of a Local Aboriginal Land Council fails for any reason to provide the Registrar with a certified copy of the membership roll of the Local Aboriginal Land Council, the Chairperson of the Board of the Local Aboriginal Land Council may certify and send to the Registrar a copy of the membership roll for the Local Aboriginal Land Council.

(4) If the chief executive officer and the Chairperson of the Board of a Local Aboriginal Land Council do not provide the Registrar with a certified copy of the membership roll of the Local Aboriginal Land Council, the Registrar may compile a membership roll and certify a copy of the roll.