Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the Minister receives a valid petition calling for the removal of a member of the TSRA from office, the Minister must remove that member from office as soon as possible.
(2) In this section:
"eligible person" means a person who would be entitled to vote at an election for that member of the TSRA.
"sufficient number" means a number that is more than 66% of the Torres Strait area number.
"valid petition" means a petition:
(a) that contains the signatures of a sufficient number of persons who were eligible persons when they signed the petition; and
(b) that sets out legibly:
(i) the name of each person who signed the petition; and
(ii) the date on which the person signed; and
(iii) an address for the person that is sufficient to identify the place where the person lives; and
(c) all the signatures to which have been affixed within the period of 6 months immediately before the delivery of the petition to the Minister.