Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 - SECT 16

Committee to act on behalf of Trust

16. Committee to act on behalf of Trust



(1) Subject to this Act, the powers and functions of a Trust may be exercised
on its behalf by its committee of management and not otherwise, but a
committee of management shall comply with the terms and conditions of any
resolution relating to the powers and functions of the Trust passed at a
general meeting of the Trust.

(2) All acts done in good faith by a committee of management shall,
notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in
the appointment or continuance in office of any member be as valid as if the
member had been duly appointed or had duly continued in office.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection (1), a Trust shall
be bound by everything done by its committee of management which it is lawful
for the Trust to do, and no person dealing with the Trust shall be concerned
to inquire in relation to any such act whether the committee is authorized to
act as it does.