Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND (LAKE CONDAH AND FRAMLINGHAM FOREST) ACT 1987 No. 34 of 1987 - SECT 18

18. (1) The powers of the Kerrup-Jmara Committee of Elders are:

   (a)  subject to the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976, to
        declare a specified person to be eligible to be a member of the
        Kerrup-Jmara Elders Aboriginal Corporation or any body created by the
        Corporation;

   (b)  to determine anything with respect to:

        (i)    matters of spiritual, cultural and religious significance to
               the Corporation;

        (ii)   the management or development of any sacred or significant site
               on the Condah land;

        (iii)  the maintenance and application within the Corporation of the
               traditional lores, customs and practices of the Corporation;
               and

        (iv)   the harvesting, taking, use or pursuit of animal and vegetable
               life (including fish and bird life) found on the Condah land
               with limitations as to time, volume and circumstances; and

   (c)  to hear and determine disputes within the Corporation about breaches
        of traditional customs, lores and practices.

(2) A decision of the Committee of Elders is final and binding on all members
of the Corporation.

(3) The Corporation shall act in accordance with the decisions of the
Committee of Elders about all matters in respect of which the Committee has
power to make decisions.

(4) Nothing in this section has effect so as to confer judicial power on the
Committee of Elders.

(5) Subject to the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976, a person is
eligible to be a member of the Kerrup-Jmara Elders Aboriginal Corporation or a
body created by the Corporation if, and only if, a declaration in force under
paragraph (1) (a) so declares.

(6) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person was a
member of the Kerrup-Jmara Elders Aboriginal Corporation or a body created by
that Corporation, a declaration under paragraph (1) (a) shall be deemed to be
in force in relation to that person.