Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS PLANNING AUTHORITY ACT 1972 - SECT 24

24 .         Transfers from the Authority to the Trust

        (1)         The Governor, on the request of the Authority, may by proclamation, and subject to such conditions as may be expressed therein, place any land to which Part III applies under the control and management of the Aboriginal Lands Trust.

        (2)         A proclamation made under subsection (1) may provide that any power conferred upon the Authority by this Act may be exercised by the Trust, but a delegation of power under this section may be revoked wholly or partly by the Authority at any time and no delegation shall prevent the Authority from exercising the power.

        (3)         Where a proclamation purports to delegate any power to the Trust, the Trust is presumed to exercise that power in accordance with the terms of the delegation in the absence of proof to the contrary.