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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 09 Hansard (Tuesday, 17 August 2004) . . Page.. 3805 ..

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Clause 14

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14 Representative Aboriginal organisations

(1) In this Act:

(b) representative Aboriginal organisation means an entity declared under subsection (7).

(2) Before declaring criteria under subsection (3), the Minister must consult—

(a) Aboriginal people whom the Minister is satisfied have a traditional affiliation with land; and

(b) the council.

(3) The Minister may, in writing, declare criteria for deciding whether an entity should be declared to be a representative Aboriginal organisation.

(4) A declaration under subsection (3) is a disallowable instrument.

Note A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act.

(5) For this section, the Minister must, by written notice, invite expressions of interest from entities willing to be declared under subsection (7).

(6) The notice under subsection (5)—

(c) is a notifiable instrument; and

(d) must be published in a daily newspaper.

Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.

(7) The Minister may, in writing, declare an entity to be a representative Aboriginal organisation.

(8) However, the Minister may make a declaration under subsection (7) only if satisfied that the entity satisfies the criteria (if any) declared under subsection (3).

(9) A declaration under subsection (7) is a notifiable instrument.

Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.

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Proposed new clause 17 (4) (aa)

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(aa) Aboriginal history;

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Clause 17 (4) (e)

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