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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES (JUSTICE, LAND AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 1984 - SECT 7 Consequences of constitution of corporation

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES (JUSTICE, LAND AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 1984 - SECT 7

Consequences of constitution of corporation

7 Consequences of constitution of corporation

(1) A reference in any—
(a) Act; or
(b) proclamation, order in council, regulation, by-law or other instrument made under any Act; or
(c) agreement, contract, deed or other document, instrument or writing of any kind;
to the Corporation of the Director of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement constituted under the Aborigines Act 1971 or the Corporation of the Under Secretary for Community Services constituted under the Community Services (Aborigines) Act 1984 shall be read and construed as a reference to the corporation.
(2) Any proceeding which prior to the commencement of this section was commenced by or against the Corporation of the Director of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement or the Corporation of the Under Secretary for Community Services and which is not concluded at such commencement may be continued by or against the corporation.
(3) The registrar of titles and any other person charged with the keeping of a register of dealings concerning land vested in or held by the Corporation of the Director of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement or the Corporation of the Under Secretary for Community Services shall without further authority than this section alter the name as shown in such register of the registered proprietor, registered lessee, owner or occupier of land referred to in such register to ‘Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Corporation’.