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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984
sec.109Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry
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### sec.109 Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry
On the commencement—
the Inquiry is abolished; and
each member of the Inquiry goes out of office.
On the commencement, each member of the Inquiry becomes entitled to a one-off payment equivalent to 4 weeks of the member’s remuneration package.
No compensation is payable to a person because of subsection (1)(b), other than the payment mentioned in subsection (2).
To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (3) does not limit or otherwise affect a person’s right to a benefit or entitlement that had accrued before the commencement.
In this section—
remuneration package , of a member of the Inquiry, means the member’s remuneration decided by the Governor in Council under section 69 of the repealed Act.
s 109 ins 2024 No. 53 s 26
(sec.109-ssec.1) On the commencement— the Inquiry is abolished; and each member of the Inquiry goes out of office.
(sec.109-ssec.2) On the commencement, each member of the Inquiry becomes entitled to a one-off payment equivalent to 4 weeks of the member’s remuneration package.
(sec.109-ssec.3) No compensation is payable to a person because of subsection (1)(b), other than the payment mentioned in subsection (2).
(sec.109-ssec.4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (3) does not limit or otherwise affect a person’s right to a benefit or entitlement that had accrued before the commencement.
(sec.109-ssec.5) In this section— remuneration package , of a member of the Inquiry, means the member’s remuneration decided by the Governor in Council under section 69 of the repealed Act.
- (a) the Inquiry is abolished; and
- (b) each member of the Inquiry goes out of office.