Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 18

18. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Commission may, on such terms
and conditions as it determines, make loans or grants of money to:

   (a)  the States, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern
        Territory;

   (b)  State, Territory and local government bodies;

   (c)  Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporations; or

   (d)  any other incorporated bodies; for the purpose of futhering the
        social, economic or cultural development of Aboriginal persons or
        Torres Strait Islanders.

(2) The Commission may not make a loan or grant to a body under subsection (1)
if the loan or grant is of a kind that could be made to that body under
section 15, 16 or 17.

(3) The Commission may not make a loan or grant pursuant to paragraph (1) (d)
without the Minister's written consent.