Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 - SECT 24A

Access to designated places within Lake Tyers reserve

24A. Access to designated places within Lake Tyers reserve



(1) The Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may declare
any place within the Lake Tyers reserve that is not a residential premises to
be a designated place for the purposes of this section.

(2) The Minister must consult with the members of the Lake Tyers Aboriginal
Trust and the residents of the Lake Tyers reserve before declaring a place to
be a designated place under subsection (1).

(3) Despite anything to the contrary in this Act but subject to this section-

   (a)  a public official exercising or performing a function or power
        conferred on the person by or under any Act, or regulations made under
        any Act, or at law, may enter and remain in a designated place within
        the Lake Tyers reserve;



   (b)  a non-government health and community service provider providing
        health and community services to the residents of the Lake Tyers
        reserve, may enter and remain in a designated place within the Lake
        Tyers reserve.

(4) A person referred to in subsection (3) must not remain in a designated
place any longer than is reasonably necessary-

   (a)  in the case of a public official, to exercise or perform the relevant
        function or power; or

   (b)  in the case of a non-government health and community service provider,
        to provide the relevant health and community services to the residents
        of the Lake Tyers reserve.

(5) In this section-

designated place means a place declared under subsection (1) to be a
designated place; non-government health and community service provider means a
person who, under an agreement with the Commonwealth, the State or the
municipal council in whose municipal district the Lake Tyers reserve is
located, provides health and community services to the residents of the Lake
Tyers reserve or a class of persons that includes the residents of the Lake
Tyers reserve; public official means a person who exercises or performs a
function or power conferred on the person by or under any Act, or regulations
made under any Act, or at law.