Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsThe following persons are authorised to enter, to reside in and to be in the Shire of Aurukun or the Shire of Mornington--
(a) an Aborigine who on 5 April 1978 was lawfully entitled to reside in the Aurukun Reserve or, as the case may be, the Mornington Reserve;
(b) a descendant of an Aborigine referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) an Aborigine who at any time lawfully resided in the Aurukun Reserve or, as the case may be, the Mornington Reserve or in the Shire of Aurukun or, as the case may be, the Shire of Mornington and who has obtained the approval of the council of the shire concerned to return to reside in the shire;
(d) a descendant of an Aborigine referred to in paragraph (c);
(e) a descendant of an Aborigine who, if the Aborigine had obtained the approval of the appropriate council would be an Aborigine referred to in paragraph (c), which descendant has obtained the approval of the council of the shire concerned to reside in the shire;
(f) a person, other than one referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e), who intermarries or has intermarried with an Aborigine who is authorised or becomes authorised to reside in the Shire of Aurukun or, as the case may be, the Shire of Mornington;
(g) a person who seeks entry to or is in the Shire of Aurukun or, as the case may be, the Shire of Mornington for the purpose of performing or exercising in the shire a function or power under this or any other Act or under an Act of the Commonwealth, if it is necessary or desirable for the proper performance or exercise of that function or power that the person be resident in the shire and if such function or power is directed to the needs or service of the shire or of any resident in the shire;
(h) a person who is the holder of land in the Shire of Aurukun or, as the case may be, the Shire of Mornington as trustee for a public purpose or who is the holder of a lease, licence, permit or other authority issued under any Act which in its express terms authorises the person to enter upon land that is in the Shire of Aurukun or, as the case may be, the Shire of Mornington, if it is necessary or desirable for the proper exercise of the entitlement conferred by the lease, licence, permit or other authority that the person be resident in the shire;
(i) a person who is assisting or is acting under the direction or control of a person authorised by paragraph (g) or (h) to reside in the Shire of Aurukun or, as the case may be, the Shire of Mornington, whether or not such last mentioned person resides in the shire.