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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 89 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporations

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 89

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporations
89. (1) For the purposes of this section, the following conditions are
qualifying conditions in relation to a body corporate:

   (a)  all the members of the body corporate are Aboriginal persons or Torres
        Strait Islanders;

   (b)  a substantial majority of the members of the body corporate are
        Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders and the body corporate
        is controlled by Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders.

(2) The Commission shall, by notice published in the Gazette, declare a body
corporate to be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporation for the
purposes of this Act if, upon written application made to the Commission by
the body corporate, the Commission is satisfied that the body corporate
satisfies either of the qualifying conditions.

(3) If the Commission is satisfied that a body corporate that is an
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander corporation satisfies neither of the
qualifying conditions, the Commission shall, by notice published in the
Gazette, declare that the body corporate has ceased to be an Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander corporation for the purposes of this Act.