Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL COUNCILS AND ASSOCIATIONS ACT 1976 No. 186 of 1976 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

''Aboriginal'' means a person who is-

   (a)  a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or

   (b)  a member of the race to which Torres Strait Islanders belong;

''Aboriginal association'' means an unincorporated association, society or
body-

   (a)  eligibility for membership of which is limited to Aboriginals;

   (b)  that has as members not less than 5 adult Aboriginals; and

   (c)  that is formed or carried on for any lawful object, including the
        securing of a pecuniary profit to its members;

''Aboriginal Council'' means an Aboriginal Council established by Part III;

''Aboriginal corporation'' means an Aboriginal Council or an Incorporated
Aboriginal Association;

''adult Aboriginal'' means an Aboriginal who has attained the age of 18 years;

''area'', in relation to an Aboriginal Council, means the Aboriginal Council
area for which the Council is established by this Act;

''committee'', in relation to an Aboriginal association, means the members
having the conduct of the affairs of the association;

''councillor'' means a councillor of an Aboriginal Council;

''Court'' means the Australian Industrial Court;

''Deputy Registrar'' means a Deputy Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations
appointed under section 4;

''disposable estate or interest'', in relation to an Aboriginal corporation,
means-

   (a)  an estate or interest that has been declared by an order under section
        78 to be at the disposal of the corporation; or

   (b)  an estate or interest that, by virtue of sub-section 78 (4), is to be
        deemed to be a disposable estate or interest in relation to that
        corporation;

''Incorporated Aboriginal Association'' means an Aboriginal association
incorporated under Part IV;

''official address'', in relation to the public officer of an Aboriginal
Corporation, means the address notified to the Registrar under section 37 or
57;

''public officer'', in relation to an Aboriginal Corporation, means the
public officer of the corporation appointed in pursuance of section 36 or 56;

''Registrar'' means the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations appointed under
section 4;

''surplus assets'', in relation to an Incorporated Aboriginal Association,
means the assets remaining on the winding up of the Association after payment
of the debts and liabilities of the Association and the costs, charges and
expenses of the winding up;

''unauthorized name'', in relation to an Aboriginal association, means-

   (a)  a name that is, in the opinion of the Registrar, undesirable; or

   (b)  a name of a kind that the Attorney-General has, for the purposes of a
        law of the Australian Capital Territory relating to companies,
        directed the Registrar of Companies under that law not to accept for
        registration under that law.