Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1993 No. 1 of 1994 - SECT 30

30. Section 200 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the
following subsections:

"(4) For the purposes of Part XI of the Audit Act 1901, Aboriginal Hostels
Limited is taken to be a body corporate incorporated for a public purpose by
an Act.

"(5) Aboriginal Hostels Limited is a public authority to which Division 2 of
Part XI of the Audit Act 1901 applies.

"(6) For the purposes of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act
1977, if Aboriginal Hostels Limited makes a decision relating to any of the
following applications:

   (a)  an application by an incorporated body for the provision of
        accommodation for one or more Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait
        Islanders;

   (b)  an application for a grant under the scheme known as the Community
        Support Hostel Grant Scheme, where the grant relates to expenditure
        associated with the establishment or operation of a hostel;

   (c)  an application for a grant under the scheme known as the Student Rent
        Subsidy Scheme; the decision is taken to be a decision of an
        administrative character made under an enactment.

"(7) The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into an agreement
with Aboriginal Hostels Limited.

"(8) The Minister must cause notice of the making of the agreement to be
published in the Gazette.

"(9) An agreement between the Commonwealth and Aboriginal Hostels Limited that
was in force immediately before the commencement of this subsection is taken
to have been made under subsection (7).".