Torres Strait Regional Authority (Election of Officeholders) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 78

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.

Dated 15 May 2008

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

JENNY MACKLIN

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Torres Strait Regional Authority (Election of Officeholders) Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Torres Strait Regional Authority (Election of Officeholders) Regulations

  Schedule 1 amends the Torres Strait Regional Authority (Election of Officeholders) Regulations.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 1, including the note

substitute

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Torres Strait Regional Authority (Election of Officeholders) Regulations 1997.

[2] Regulation 2, definition of Act

substitute

Act means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.

[3] Regulation 2, definitions of Island Council and Torres Strait Commissioner

omit

[4] Regulation 4

omit

[5] Subregulation 5 (1)

substitute

 (1) The TSRA must give the Australian Electoral Commission the following information within 7 days after the declaration of the result of an election under rule 99 of the TSRA election rules:

 (a) the name of each member of the TSRA;

 (b) the postal address of each member of the TSRA last known to the TSRA.

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.