Queensland Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY SERVICES (ABORIGINES) ACT 1984 - SECT 5

The conclusion of the election of a councillor is--

(a) if the councillor is elected at an election of all councillors of the Aboriginal council--the day on which the last declaration of a poll conducted in the election is displayed as required under a regulation; or

(b) if the councillor is elected at a by-election and--

(i) a poll is conducted--the day on which the declaration of the poll is displayed as required under a regulation; or

(ii) a poll is not conducted--the day after the nomination day for the by-election; or

(c) if, because the number of candidates nominated for election is the same or less than the number of councillors to be elected, the councillor is elected (other than at a by-election) and--

(i) 1 or more polls are conducted in the council's area--the day on which the last declaration of a poll is displayed as required under a regulation; or

(ii) a poll is not conducted--6 p.m. on the day that a poll would otherwise have been required under a regulation to be conducted.