Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS PLANNING AUTHORITY ACT 1972 - SECT 4

4 .         Terms used

                In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise —

        Aboriginal means pertaining to the original inhabitants of Australia and to their descendants;

        Authority means the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority referred to in section 8;

        CEO means the chief executive officer of the Department;

        Committee means the Aboriginal Affairs Co-ordinating Committee established under section 19;

        Council means the Aboriginal Advisory Council constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 18;

        Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;

        person of Aboriginal descent means any person living in Western Australia wholly or partly descended from the original inhabitants of Australia who claims to be an Aboriginal and who is accepted as such in the community in which he lives;

        reserved lands means any area of land to which the provisions of Part III apply;

        the repealed Act means the Native Welfare Act 1963 ;

        the Trust means the Aboriginal Lands Trust referred to in section 20.

        [Section 4 amended by No. 113 of 1987 s. 32; No. 28 of 2006 s. 343.]