Torres Strait Regional Authority (Election of Officeholders) Regulations 2019 (Cth)

Torres Strait Regional Authority (Election of Officeholders) Regulations 2019

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret'd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 07 March 2019

Peter Cosgrove Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Nigel Scullion Minister for Indigenous Affairs

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 TSRA Chief Executive Officer Part 2—Election of officeholders at the first meeting of the TSRA after its election Division 1—Nominations 6 Calling for nominations 7 Making nominations 8 Declaration of nominations Division 2—Polling 9 Order of polls 10 Deciding the order of candidates on ballot‑papers 11 Ballot‑papers 12 Polling procedure 13 Voting Division 3—Counting votes 14 Scrutineers 15 Conduct of the count 16 Informal ballot‑papers 17 Completion of the count Division 4—Other matters 18 Declaration 19 Request for recount Part 3—Other elections 20 Election of new Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson 21 Election of new alternate Deputy Chairperson Part 4—Miscellaneous 22 Recording result of election 23 Destruction of election materials Schedule 1—Method of deciding the election of a candidate 1 Absolute majority of votes 2 Exhausted ballot‑papers 3 Votes to be counted 4 Candidate with absolute majority of first preference votes elected 5 Distribution of preferences 6 Deciding which candidate is excluded 7 Deciding which unexcluded candidate is elected

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Torres Strait Regional Authority (Election of Officeholders) Regulations 2019.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.