sec.53General authority to enter etc. trust area

### sec.53 General authority to enter etc. trust area The following persons are authorised to enter, be in and live in a trust area— an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander person, or another person, who is a member of the community residing in the trust area; a person who is performing a function, or exercising a power, under this Act or another Act that requires the person to be in the trust area; a person authorised, for the purpose of this paragraph, under a local law by the community government or indigenous regional council for the trust area. A local law may be made under subsection (1) (c) for a part of the trust area that is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander land only with the written consent of the grantee of the land. A local law made under subsection (1) (c) must state the parts of the trust area to which the local law applies. s 53 prev s 53 amd 1990 No. 80 s 3 sch 3 pt A sub 1990 No. 104 s 10 om 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 pres s 53 ins 2002 No. 46 s 12 sub 2004 No. 37 s 86 sch 1 amd 2007 No. 59 s 31 ; 2023 No. 12 s 102 (sec.53-ssec.1) The following persons are authorised to enter, be in and live in a trust area— an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander person, or another person, who is a member of the community residing in the trust area; a person who is performing a function, or exercising a power, under this Act or another Act that requires the person to be in the trust area; a person authorised, for the purpose of this paragraph, under a local law by the community government or indigenous regional council for the trust area. (sec.53-ssec.2) A local law may be made under subsection (1) (c) for a part of the trust area that is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander land only with the written consent of the grantee of the land. (sec.53-ssec.3) A local law made under subsection (1) (c) must state the parts of the trust area to which the local law applies. - (a) an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander person, or another person, who is a member of the community residing in the trust area; - (b) a person who is performing a function, or exercising a power, under this Act or another Act that requires the person to be in the trust area; - (c) a person authorised, for the purpose of this paragraph, under a local law by the community government or indigenous regional council for the trust area.