Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Aboriginal Lands Act 1970 - SECT 3

Registers of residents to be prepared

3. Registers of residents to be prepared



(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the Minister shall
cause to be prepared for each reserve a register showing the names of all
aborigines resident on the reserve at the commencement of this Act who-

   (a)  were resident on the reserve on the 1st day of January, 1968;

   (b)  in the case of the Lake Tyers reserve-became resident on the reserve
        after the 1st day of January, 1968 but before the 1st day of October,
        1970 with the approval of the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Council (whether
        granted before or after they became resident); or

   (c)  are children born before the commencement of this Act whose mothers
        were persons of a class referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister shall be entitled to
treat any person as having been resident on a reserve on any day or at any
time if the Minister is satisfied that the person was ordinarily resident on
the reserve during a period of not less than three months including that day
or time.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, the Minister may
cause to be omitted from any such register the name of any person who is a
member of a family in respect of which the Minister has made a grant for the
purpose of enabling the purchase of a dwelling-house outside the reserve.