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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1993 No. 1 of 1994 - SECT 34

34. Section 99 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:

"(1) Each Regional Council must, as soon as practicable after the end of each
financial year and, in any event, within 4 months after the end of each
financial year, prepare and give to the Commission a report dealing with:

   (a)  the operations of the Regional Council during that year; and

   (b)  the implementation during that year of the regional plan for the
        region concerned; and

   (c)  such other matters (if any) relating to that year as the Commission
        determines in writing.

"(1A) If:

   (a)  a grant was made to an individual or body during a financial year; and

   (b)  the grant was covered by Regional Council estimates relating to the
        region concerned; then, in addition to the matters referred to in
        subsection (1), a report relating to the year must also set out:

   (c)  the name of the individual or body; and

   (d)  the amount and purpose of the grant.";

   (b)  by omitting from subsection (3) all the words after "Regional Council"
        (second occurring) and substituting the following:

"must:

   (a)  make copies of the report available for inspection and purchase by
        residents of the region; and

   (b)  if the report deals with the implementation of a particular version of
        the regional plan for the region-make copies of the version of the
        plan available for inspection and purchase by residents of the
        region.";

   (c)  by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:

"(4) The Commission must make copies of the report and the regional plan for
the region concerned available for inspection and purchase at each office of
the Commission that serves the region.".