ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1978
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Definitions
- 3A Status of roads
PART II--ENTRY ONTO ABORIGINAL LAND
- 4 Entry onto, &c., Aboriginal land or road
- 5 Issue of permits
- 5A Administrator may issue permits to use roads in certain circumstances
- 6 Minister may issue permits to certain government employees
- 6A Permit to include immediate family
- 7 Members of Parliament and others may enter Aboriginal land
- 8 Entry of dwellings
- 9 Defence in certain circumstances
- 10 Estates or interests on Aboriginal land protected
- 11 Open areas
PART III--CONTROL OF ENTRY ONTO SEAS ADJOINING ABORIGINAL LAND
- 12 Administrator may close seas
- 13 Administrator may re-open closed seas
- 14 Entry onto, &c., closed seas
- 15 Issue of permits
- 16 The Minister may issue permits to government employees on certain conditions
- 17 Members of Parliament and others may enter closed seas
- 18 Permit to be granted to protect existing rights
- 19 Defence in certain circumstances
- 20 Seas open to transit vessels
PART IV--GENERAL
- 21 No prosecution except on authority of Land Council
- 22 Vehicles, &c., may be stopped and questions asked
- 23 Offence to refuse to produce permit, &c.
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