ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 304 Continued operation of provisions about land trusts

ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991 - SECT 304

304 Continued operation of provisions about land trusts

(1) The Minister may, on or before 31 December 2011, establish a land trust under previous part 9 for the purpose stated in previous section 83B.

(2) For subsection (1), previous section 83A applies—

(a) as if the reference in previous section 83A(3)(b) to the Aboriginal Land Regulation 1991 were a reference to the repealed regulation; and

(b) as if the reference in previous section 83A(5) to ‘as far as practicable, act in a way that is consistent with’ were a reference to ‘have regard to’; and

(c) as if the reference in previous section 83A(6) to ‘act in a way that is consistent with’ were a reference to ‘have regard to’.

(3) Previous sections 83C to 83E continue to apply in relation to a land trust established under previous section 83A.

(4) For subsection (2)(a), the repealed regulation, as in force immediately before its repeal, continues in force despite its repeal.

(5) This section applies despite the amendment of this Act by the Aboriginal Land and Torres Strait Islander Land and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011 .