Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 1996 (Cth)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 1996

No. 35, 1996

An Act relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, and for related purposes

Contents Short title......................................... 833 1 Commencement.................................... 834 Schedule(s).......................................ot 834 2 3 Schedule 1—Amendment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 835 Schedule 2—Amendment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 861

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 1996

No. 35, 1996

An Act relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, and for related purposes

[Assented to 12 September 1996]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 1996.

2 Commencement

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) If this Act does not receive the Royal Assent on or before 12 September 1996, item 4 of Schedule 1 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

(3) If item 4 of Schedule 1 does not commence under subsection (2) within 6 months after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, that item commences on the first day after the end of that period.

(4) Item 68 in Schedule 1 commences on the 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(5) Schedule 2 commences on the day, or the earliest day, on which the Minister appoints a person as a Commissioner after the person has been elected in the 1999 round of Regional Council elections.