Notices in relation to the 2016 Torres Strait Regional Authority election

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

1. Notice under subsection 142Y(2) fixing the day of the election.

2. Notice under paragraph 143(2)(b) setting out the number of persons who will be entitled to vote and the number of persons living in the Torres Strait area who are Torres Strait Islanders or Aboriginal persons.

3. Notice under paragraph 143(2)(c) setting out the number of persons who will be entitled to vote in a specified Ward and the number of persons living in the specified Wards who are Torres Strait Islanders or Aboriginal persons.

4. Notice under section 142Z by the Electoral Commissioner appointing the polling places for the Wards specified.

Commonwealth of Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

Notice under subsection 142Y(2) of the polling day for the Torres Strait Regional Authority election

I, Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, acting in accordance with subsection 142Y(2) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, fix Saturday 30 July 2016 as the day for the polling in the Torres Strait Regional Authority election.

Signed on                    21st                 April 2016

Nigel Scullion

Minister for Indigenous Affairs

Commonwealth of Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

Notice under paragraph 143(2)(b)

I, Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs acting in accordance with paragraph 143(2)(b) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, estimate that, in relation to the Torres Strait area:

(i)                 The number of persons who will be entitled to vote at the forthcoming Torres Strait Regional Authority election is 3,703 and

(ii)                The number of persons living in that area who are Torres Strait Islanders or Aboriginal persons is 8,104.

Signed on            21st              April 2016

Nigel Scullion

Minister for Indigenous Affairs

Commonwealth of Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

Notice under paragraph 143(2)(c)

I, Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, acting in accordance with paragraph 143(2)(c) of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, estimate that, in relation to each ward of the Torres Strait area identified in the following table:

(i)                 The number of persons who will be entitled to vote at the forthcoming election for that ward is the number appearing in column (i); and

(ii)                The number of persons living in that ward who are Torres Strait Islanders or Aboriginal persons in the number appearing in column (ii).

Signed on          21st          April 2016

Nigel Scullion

Minister for Indigenous Affairs

AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION

   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

APPOINTMENT OF POLLING PLACES

I, Tom Rogers, Electoral Commissioner, under sectlon142Z of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, appoint the polling places named in Column 2 of the Schedule,    to be polling places for the Wards specified In Column 1.

Tom Rogers

Electoral Commissioner

Date: 11/4/16

SCHEDULE