ABORIGINAL LANDS ACT 1970 - LONG TITLE

ABORIGINAL LANDS ACT 1970 - LONG TITLE

An Act to provide for the Lands reserved for the Use of the Aborigines at Framlingham and Lake Tyers to be vested in a Framlingham Aboriginal Trust and a Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust respectively, to regulate the Affairs of the said Trusts, to amend the Aboriginal Affairs Act 1967 and the Land Tax Act 1958 , and for other purposes.

WHEREAS—

(a) the lands shown on the plan in the First Schedule (hereinafter called the Framlingham reserve ), having previously been temporarily reserved as a site for the use of the aborigines, are now permanently reserved as a site for that purpose by virtue of an Order of the Governor in Council of the 24th day of January, 1967 ^[1] ; and

(b) the lands shown on the plan in the Second Schedule (hereinafter called the Lake Tyers reserve ), having previously been temporarily reserved as a site for the use of the aborigines, are now permanently reserved as a site for that purpose by virtue of an Order of the Governor in Council of the 18th day of May, 1965 ^[2] .

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the lands constituting the Framlingham reserve and the Lake Tyers reserve to be vested in bodies corporate consisting of the persons residing on the said lands, to regulate the affairs of the said bodies corporate, and to make other provision as hereinafter enacted.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):