Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An Aboriginal council may appoint any person to be an authorised officer for its council area for such period as the council specifies, to protect the natural and cultural resources of the area.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an authorised officer appointed under subsection (1) is to perform such functions and duties and may exercise such powers as are prescribed in the by-laws for the council area in which the authorised officer is appointed, which by-laws may have regard to Aboriginal custom, tradition and belief.
(3) An authorised officer may only perform a function or exercise a power, in respect of Aboriginal land in the council area for which the authorised officer is appointed, under an agreement between the Aboriginal council and the grantees of the land.