ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 94
Functions of Regional Councils
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 94
Functions of Regional Councils
94. (1) Each Regional Council has the following functions:
(a) to formulate, and revise from time to time, a regional plan for
improving the economic, social and cultural status of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander residents of the region;
(b) to assist, advise and co-operate with the Commission, other
Commonwealth bodies and State, Territory and local government bodies
in the implementation of the regional plan;
(c) to make proposals, in accordance with section 97, for Commission
expenditure in relation to the region;
(d) to receive, and to pass on to the Commission, the views of Aboriginal
persons and Torres Strait Islanders about the activities, in the
region, of the Commission, other Commonwealth bodies and State,
Territory and local government bodies;
(e) to represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents of the
region and to act as an advocate of their interests;
(f) such other functions as are conferred on the Regional Council by this
Act;
(g) to do anything else that is incidental or conducive to the performance
of any of the preceding functions.
(2) Nothing in this section or in any other provision of this Act shall be
read as conferring on a Regional Council a function of acquiring land except:
(a) for its administrative purposes; or
(b) for the purpose of the performance of functions expressly conferred on
the Regional Council by this Act.