TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LAND REGULATION 2011

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Definitions

PART 2 - PROVISIONS ABOUT LAND TRUSTS

Division 1 - Members of land trusts

• 4 Payments to members
• 5 Land trust to indemnify members
• 6 Immunity of members
• 7 Protection about notice when a person is a member of more than 1 land trust
• 8 Chairperson, deputy chairperson and secretary—appointment
• 9 Acting as chairperson, secretary or in another executive office
• 10 Resignation of members

Division 2 - Rules of land trusts

• 11 Adoption of rules
• 12 Content of adopted rules
Subdivision 2 - Rules about proxies
• 13 Definition for sdiv 2
• 14 Application of sdiv 2
• 15 Appointing proxy
• 16 When appointment of proxy is effective
• 17 Counting proxies for quorum
Subdivision 3 - Rule about filling executive offices 18. (Repealed) 19. (Repealed)
• 20 When election of members of executive committee must be held

Division 3 - Trust property

• 22 Property to be held on trust
• 23 Powers in relation to trust property
• 24 Funds to be invested under Trusts Act 1973
• 25 Staff and consultants, and members’ expenses, to be paid from trust property
• 26 Application of insurance money

Division 4 - Accounts, annual financial statements and audit requirements

• 27 Accounts
• 28 Annual financial statement
• 29 Audit requirements

Division 5 - General meetings

• 30 Holding of general meetings
• 31 Chief executive may call general meeting
• 32 Material to be given to chief executive
• 33 Land trust to keep minutes of meeting

PART 3 - (Repealed)

PART 4 - MINING ROYALTIES

• 35 Prescribed percentage—Act, s 152

PART 4A - (Repealed)

PART 4B - MISCELLANEOUS

• 35B Land for model freehold schedule

PART 5 - REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Division 1 - Repeal

• 36 Repeal

Division 2 - Transitional provisions

• 37 Members of executive committee continue in office
• 38 Land trust’s adopted rules continue
• SCHEDULE - Dictionary