Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS (QUEENSLAND RESERVES AND COMMUNITIES SELF-MANAGEMENT) ACT 1978 - SECT 5

(1)

Where:

(a)

the Council for an Aboriginal Reserve requests the Minister to make a declaration under this subsection; or

(b)

the Minister is satisfied that a substantial majority of the adult Aboriginals resident on an Aboriginal Reserve wish to manage and control their own affairs in the manner provided for by this Act;

the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare the reserve to be an Aboriginal Reserve to which this Act applies.

(2)

Where:

(a)

the Council for an Islander Reserve requests the Minister to make a declaration under this subsection; or

(b)

the Minister is satisfied that a substantial majority of the adult Islanders resident on an Islander Reserve wish to manage and control their own affairs in the manner provided for by this Act;

the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare the reserve to be an Islander Reserve to which this Act applies.

(3)

Where:

(a)

the Council for an Aboriginal Community requests the Minister to make a declaration under this subsection; or

(b)

the Minister is satisfied that a substantial majority of the adult Aboriginals who are the members of an Aboriginal Community wish to manage and control their own affairs in the manner provided for by this Act;

the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare the Community to be an Aboriginal Community to which this Act applies.

(4)

Where:

(a)

the Council for an Islander Community requests the Minister to make a declaration under this subsection; or

(b)

the Minister is satisfied that a substantial majority of the adult Islanders who are the members of an Islander Community wish to manage and control their own affairs in the manner provided for by this Act;

the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare the Community to be an Islander Community to which this Act applies.