Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL COUNCILS AND ASSOCIATIONS AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 56 of 1978 - SECT 9

9. Section 33 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following sub-sections:

''(5) Where the Registrar refuses to alter the functions of an Aboriginal
Council in accordance with a request under sub-section (1), the Council may
request the Minister to alter the functions of the Council in the manner
specified in the request.

''(6) Where the Minister, having regard to the matters specified in paragraphs
(2) (a), (b) and (c), is satisfied that the request should be complied with,
he shall, by notice published in the Gazette, alter the functions of the
relevant Aboriginal Council in accordance with the request.

''(7) An alteration of the functions of an Aboriginal Council under
sub-section (6) takes effect on the date of publication of the notice.

''(8) Where the Minister is not satisfied that the request should be complied
with, he shall refuse the request and shall notify the Aboriginal Council in
writing, accordingly.''.