Contents

Part 1--Preliminary                                                                                                                1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1

3A......... Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 2

Part 2--Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies         3

4............ Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 3

Part 3--Functions of Institute                                                                                           4

5............ Functions of Institute ......................................................................... 4

6............ Powers of Institute ............................................................................. 4

Part 4--Members of Institute                                                                                           6

7............ Members of Institute .......................................................................... 6

8............ Period of membership ......................................................................... 6

9............ Resignation ......................................................................................... 7

10.......... Register of members ........................................................................... 7

11.......... Rights of members .............................................................................. 7

Part 5--Council of Institute                                                                                                8

Division 1--Constitution of Council                                                                      8

12.......... Constitution of Council ...................................................................... 8

13.......... Responsibilities of Council ................................................................. 8

14.......... Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of Council .............................. 8

Division 2--Administrative provisions                                                                9

15.......... Term of office ..................................................................................... 9

16.......... Remuneration and allowances ............................................................. 9

17.......... Leave of absence ................................................................................. 9

18.......... Acting appointments .......................................................................... 9

20.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 10

21.......... Termination of membership of Council ............................................ 11

22.......... Other terms and conditions .............................................................. 11

Division 3--Operations of Council                                                                       12

23.......... Meetings of Council ......................................................................... 12

Part 6--Principal                                                                                                                     14

24.......... Principal ............................................................................................ 14

25.......... Period of appointment ...................................................................... 14

26.......... Remuneration and allowances ........................................................... 14

26A....... Recreation leave ................................................................................ 14

27.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 14

28.......... Other terms and conditions .............................................................. 14

Part 7--Staff                                                                                                                             15

29.......... Staff .................................................................................................. 15

30.......... Consultants ....................................................................................... 15

Part 8--Research Advisory Committee                                                                    16

31.......... Research Advisory Committee ......................................................... 16

32.......... Functions of Research Advisory Committee ................................... 16

33.......... Remuneration and allowances ........................................................... 16

34.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 16

35.......... Other terms and conditions .............................................................. 17

Part 9--Finance                                                                                                                       18

36.......... Money payable to the Institute ....................................................... 18

38.......... Application of money held by Institute ........................................... 18

39.......... Exemption from taxation .................................................................. 18

Part 10--Miscellaneous                                                                                                     19

41.......... Certain information not to be disclosed ............................................ 19

42.......... Informing TSRA about general conduct of Institute ........................ 19

43.......... Minister may ask for advice ............................................................. 19

44.......... Delegation to Principal or staff ......................................................... 20

45.......... Remuneration and allowances ........................................................... 20

45A....... Recreation leave ................................................................................ 21

47.......... Conduct of directors, servants and agents ........................................ 21

48.......... Rules ................................................................................................. 23

49.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 23

Part 11--Consequential and transitional provisions                                          24

Division 1--Preliminary                                                                                             24

50.......... Interpretation .................................................................................... 24

Division 2--Repeal                                                                                                       26

51.......... Repeal ............................................................................................... 26

Division 3--Transitional provisions                                                                    27

52.......... Interim Council ................................................................................. 27

53.......... First Principal of the Institute .......................................................... 27

54.......... Transfer of assets and liabilities of old Institute .............................. 28

55.......... Old Institute instruments ................................................................. 28

56.......... Pending proceedings ......................................................................... 29

57.......... Research Advisory Committee ......................................................... 29

59.......... Certificates with respect to assets, liabilities and instruments ......... 29

60.......... State or Territory officer may act on certificate ............................... 30

61.......... Transfer of appropriated money ...................................................... 30

62.......... Contracts of employment not preserved .......................................... 30

63.......... Transfer of staff to Australian Public Service .................................. 31

64.......... Operation of Superannuation Benefit (Interim Arrangement) Act ... 31

65.......... Exemption from taxation .................................................................. 31

Division 4--Consequential amendments of other Acts                            32

Sections 66 and 67 ........................................................................................... 32

Notes                                                                                                                                             33

  

Notes to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989

Note 1

The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 149, 1989 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 24 November 2000 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year		Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989	149, 1989		27 Nov 1989	5 Mar 1990 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1990, No. S48)
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991	122, 1991		27 June 1991	Ss. 4(1), 10(b) and 15-20: 1 Dec 1988 Ss. 28(b)-(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 31(2)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act (No. 3) 1993	1, 1994		14 Jan 1994	S. 80: 1 July 1994 (a)	--
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997	152, 1997		24 Oct 1997	Schedule 2 (items 316-323: 1 Jan 1998 (see Gazette 1997, No. GN49) (b)	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999		11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 192-194): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (c)	--
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999	156, 1999		24 Nov 1999	Schedule 10 (item 34): 13 Mar 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S114) (d)	--
Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000	137, 2000		24 Nov 2000	Ss. 1-3 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 32): Royal Assent Remainder: 24 May 2001	Sch. 2 (items 418, 419) [see Table A]
Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	112, 2001		17 Sept 2001	15 Oct 2001	S. 4 [see Table A]
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001		29 Oct 2001		Sch 1 (item 97) [see Table A]
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005	32, 2005	22 Mar 2005		Schedule 4 (items 12-22): 24 Mar 2005		Sch. 4 (item 18) [see Table A]
Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Act 2006	101, 2006	14 Sept 2006		Schedule 5 (item 21) and Schedule 6 (items 5-11): Royal Assent		Sch. 6 (items  5-11) [see Table A]

(a)     The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 was amended by section 80 only of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act (No. 3) 1993, paragraph 2(3)(b) of which provides as follows:

                 (3)   The following provisions commence on 1 July 1994:

                              (b)   Part 28 (other than Subdivision A of Division 2) and Schedules 2 and 3.

(b)    The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 316-323) only of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

(c)     The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 192-194) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(d)     The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 was amended by Schedule 10 (item 34) only of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999, subsection 2(2)(c) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   The following provisions commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation:

                              (c)   the items in Schedules 10, 11 and 12.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
Note to s. 2..........................	ad. No. 32, 2005
S. 3......................................	am. No. 1, 1994; No. 32, 2005
S. 3A ..................................	ad. No. 112, 2001
Part 2
Note to s. 4(2).....................	ad. No. 152, 1997
Part 5
Division 1
S. 12....................................	am. No. 32, 2005
Division 2
S. 19....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 21....................................	am. No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999
Part 6
S. 25 ...................................	am. No. 159, 2001
S. 26A.................................	ad. No. 122, 1991
Part 7
S. 29....................................	am. No. 146, 1999
Part 9
S. 37....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
S. 38....................................	am. No. 152, 1997
S. 39....................................	am. No. 101, 2006
S. 40....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997
Part 10
Heading to s. 42..................	am. No. 152, 1997; No. 32, 2005
S. 42....................................	am. No. 1, 1994; No. 152, 1997; No. 32, 2005
Heading to s. 43..................	am. No. 32, 2005
S. 43....................................	am. No. 1, 1994; No. 32, 2005
S. 45A.................................	ad. No. 122, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 46....................................	rep. No. 137, 2000
S. 47....................................	am. No. 137, 2000; No. 112, 2001
Part 11
Division 3
S. 58....................................	rep. No. 152, 1997

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2

418  Transitional--pre‑commencement offences

(1)        Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

                     (a)  an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (b)  proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (c)  any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2)        Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419  Transitional--pre‑commencement notices

If:

                     (a)  a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

                     (b)  any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

                     (c)  the first‑mentioned provision is amended by this Schedule;

the amendment of the first‑mentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001  (No. 112, 2001)

4  Application of amendments

             (1)  Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

             (2)  For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001  (No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97  Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005
(No. 32, 2005)

Schedule 4

18  Saving provision

A person appointed by the Minister under paragraph 12(1)(b) of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 as in force immediately before the day Schedules 1 and 2 to this Act commence continues to hold office, on and after that day, for the balance of the term of the person's appointment, as if the person had been appointed by the Minister under that paragraph of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 as amended by this Act.

Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Act 2006
(No. 101, 2006)

Schedule 6

5  Application of Schedule 5 amendments

The repeals and amendments made by Schedule 5 apply to acts done or omitted to be done, or states of affairs existing, after the commencement of the amendments.

6  Object

The object of this Part is to ensure that, despite the repeals and amendments made by this Act, the full legal and administrative consequences of:

                     (a)  any act done or omitted to be done; or

                     (b)  any state of affairs existing; or

                     (c)  any period ending;

before such a repeal or amendment applies, can continue to arise and be carried out, directly or indirectly through an indefinite number of steps, even if some or all of those steps are taken after the repeal or amendment applies.

7  Making and amending assessments, and doing other things, in relation to past matters

Even though an Act is repealed or amended by this Act, the repeal or amendment is disregarded for the purpose of doing any of the following under any Act or legislative instrument (within the meaning of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003):

                     (a)  making or amending an assessment (including under a provision that is itself repealed or amended);

                     (b)  exercising any right or power, performing any obligation or duty or doing any other thing (including under a provision that is itself repealed or amended);

in relation to any act done or omitted to be done, any state of affairs existing, or any period ending, before the repeal or amendment applies.

Example 1: On 31 July 1999, Greg Ltd lodged its annual return under former section 160ARE of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. The return stated that the company had a credit on its franking account and that no franking deficit tax was payable for the 1998‑99 franking year. Under former section 160ARH of that Act, the Commissioner was taken to have made an assessment consistent with the return.

                   Following an audit undertaken after the repeal of Part IIIAA of that Act, the Commissioner concludes that Greg Ltd fraudulently overfranked dividends it paid during the 1998‑99 franking year, and had a franking account deficit for that franking year. As a result, the Commissioner considers that franking deficit tax and a penalty by way of additional tax are payable.

                   The Commissioner can amend the assessment under former section 160ARN of that Act, because item 7 of this Schedule disregards the repeal of that section for the purposes of making an assessment in relation to the 1998‑99 franking year. Item 7 will also disregard the repeal of Division 11 of former Part IIIAA to the extent necessary for the Commissioner to assess Greg Ltd's liability to a penalty by way of additional tax.

                   Despite the repeal of sections 160ARU and 160ARV, item 9 will ensure that the general interest charge will accrue on the unpaid franking deficit tax and penalty until they are paid.

                   Item 7 will also preserve Greg Ltd's right, under former section 160ART of that Act, to object against the Commissioner's amended assessment (including the penalty), since the objection is the exercise of a right in relation to a franking year that ended before the repeal of Part IIIAA.

Example 2: During the 1997‑98 income year, Duffy Property Ltd withheld amounts from its employees' wages as required by former Divisions 1AAA and 2 of Part VI of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936. The company failed to notify the Commissioner of those amounts, and failed to remit them to the Commissioner.

                   Following an audit undertaken after the repeal of those Divisions, the Commissioner discovers that the withheld amounts have not been remitted. The company's records are incomplete and the Commissioner is unable to completely ascertain the extent of its liability for the withheld amounts. Under section 222AGA of that Act, the Commissioner makes an estimate of the liability.

                   Item 7 will disregard the repeal of section 220AAZA of that Act (which empowered the Commissioner to recover the amount of the estimate). Even though the estimate is made after the repeal, it relates to amounts withheld before the repeal.

8  Saving of provisions about effect of assessments

If a provision or part of a provision that is repealed or amended by this Act deals with the effect of an assessment, the repeal or amendment is disregarded in relation to assessments made, before or after the repeal or amendment applies, in relation to any act done or omitted to be done, any state of affairs existing, or any period ending, before the repeal or amendment applies.

9  Saving of provisions about general interest charge, failure to notify penalty or late reconciliation statement penalty

If:

                     (a)  a provision or part of a provision that is repealed or amended by this Act provides for the payment of:

                              (i)  general interest charge, failure to notify penalty or late reconciliation statement penalty (all within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936); or

                             (ii)  interest under the Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983; and

                     (b)  in a particular case, the period in respect of which the charge, penalty or interest is payable (whether under the provision or under the Taxation Administration Act 1953) has not begun, or has begun but not ended, when the provision is repealed or amended;

then, despite the repeal or amendment, the provision or part continues to apply in the particular case until the end of the period.

10  Repeals disregarded for the purposes of dependent provisions

If the operation of a provision (the subject provision) of any Act or legislative instrument (within the meaning of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003) made under any Act depends to any extent on an Act, or a provision of an Act, that is repealed by this Act, the repeal is disregarded so far as it affects the operation of the subject provision.

11  Schedule does not limit operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901

This Schedule does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.