Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS (QUEENSLAND DISCRIMINATORY LAWS) ACT 1975 No. 75 of 1975 - SECT 10

10. (1) An Aboriginal or Islander who is on, or is a resident of, a Reserve is
not required to comply with any direction to perform work on the Reserve
unless-

   (a)  the direction is given in pursuance of a law of Queensland relating to
        a Reserve and is necessary for the purpose of ensuring that the
        Aboriginal or Islander fulfils community obligations that it is
        reasonable to expect him to fulfil;

   (b)  he is undergoing a sentence of imprisonment in a gaol or lock-up that
        is situated on the Reserve and the direction is given in pursuance of
        a law of Queensland relating to persons undergoing such a sentence; or

   (c)  where paragraph (a) or (b) does not apply, it would be unlawful for
        him to refuse or fail to comply with the direction if he were not on,
        or a resident of, the Reserve.

(2) The burden of proving that a direction to perform work was necessary for
the purpose referred to in paragraph (1) (a) lies upon the person who alleges
that the direction was so necessary.