Schedule 7: State Council First Nations Appointment

1. Definition

   In this Schedule:

   1. Committee means the Constitutional Votes Committee; and

   2. State Councillor means a State Councillor appointed under this Schedule.

2. Procedure

   1. A decision to make or revoke an appointment under this Schedule:

      1. must be made by consensusthe circumstance in which no member of the party body who is in attendance objects to the proposal being passed, having been given the opportunity to do so; and

      2. takes effect upon the later of:

         1. the day following the day it was made; and

         2. written notice of it being given to the Committee.

   2. The power to make or revoke an appointment under this Schedule must not be delegated.

   3. The term of an appointment made under this Schedule must:

      1. be for a period of not more than 2 years; and

      2. begin not more than 6 months after the appointment was made

3. Eligibility

   In consultation with the First Nations party body, the Committee must, by giving written notice to the First Nations party body, have certified that a member is eligible to be appointed as a State Councillor in the three months before they may be appointed:

   1. as a State Councillor under item 4(a); or

   2. to the pool under item 5(1)(a).

4. Direct appointment

   The First Nations party body may:

   1. appoint an eligible member as a State Councillor; and

   2. revoke such an appointment.

5. Appointment by and from pool

   1. The First Nations party body may:

      1. appoint an eligible member to a pool for the purposes of this item (pool); and

      2. revoke such an appointment.

   2. A meeting of all of the members of the pool may:

      1. appoint one of their number as a State Councillor; and

      2. revoke such an appointment.

   3. If a member’s appointment to the pool is revoked, any appointment of that member as a State Councillor under sub-item (2) is also revoked.

6. Inconsistent appointments

   1. Subject to sub-item (2), an appointment of a State Councillor made under this Schedule overrides any prior appointments to the extent of any inconsistency.

   2. An appointment of a State Councillor made under item 4 overrides an appointment made under item 5(2).