Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Regulation 2008
sec.4Continuation of community justice groups— Act , s 18 (1)
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sec.4 Continuation of community justice groups— Act , s 18 (1)
Each community justice group named in a relevant schedule is continued for the community area stated for the justice group. The community justice groups named in schedules 6 (Injinoo), 12 (New Mapoon) and 16 (Umagico) were established under section 18 of the Act before the changeover day and, from the changeover day, continued under section 84 of the Act . The community justice groups named in the schedules 2 (Bamaga) and 15 (Seisia) were established under the repealed Torres Strait Act before the changeover day and, from the changeover day, continued under section 85 of the Act . The community justice groups named in other relevant schedules were established under the repealed regulation. Subject to subsection (3) , each relevant schedule prescribes matters about the community justice group named in the schedule. If a relevant schedule states that a main Indigenous social grouping for a community justice group must nominate a minimum number of persons to be members of the justice group, including a minimum number of persons of a particular category, the obligation on the main Indigenous social grouping is to nominate the minimum number of persons to the greatest practicable extent. For a community area that is described, in schedule 6 , 12 or 16 , by reference to an area that, immediately before the changeover day, was the community government area of a local government— the reference to the local government is taken to be a reference to the local government as it existed immediately before the changeover day; and the reference to the community government area of the local government is taken to be a reference to the community government area as it was under the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 , as in force immediately before the changeover day. In schedule 6 , section 1 , definition Injinoo community area— the reference to Injinoo Shire Council is taken to be a reference to Injinoo Shire Council as the council existed immediately before the changeover day; and the reference to the community government area of the Injinoo Shire Council is taken to be a reference to the community government area as it was under the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 , as in force immediately before the changeover day. Under the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 , as in force immediately before the changeover day, community government areas were described by reference to the local government areas for the councils, which were described in schedule 2 of that Act, as in force immediately before the changeover day. Each map mentioned in the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 , schedule 2 , as in force immediately before the changeover day, can be— accessed by members of the public, free of charge, on the website of the department in which the Justices Act 1886 is administered; or purchased from any office of the department in which the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 is administered. In this section— relevant schedule means a schedule of this regulation other than schedule 20 or 21 . (sec.4-ssec.1) Each community justice group named in a relevant schedule is continued for the community area stated for the justice group. The community justice groups named in schedules 6 (Injinoo), 12 (New Mapoon) and 16 (Umagico) were established under section 18 of the Act before the changeover day and, from the changeover day, continued under section 84 of the Act . The community justice groups named in the schedules 2 (Bamaga) and 15 (Seisia) were established under the repealed Torres Strait Act before the changeover day and, from the changeover day, continued under section 85 of the Act . The community justice groups named in other relevant schedules were established under the repealed regulation. (sec.4-ssec.2) Subject to subsection (3) , each relevant schedule prescribes matters about the community justice group named in the schedule. (sec.4-ssec.3) If a relevant schedule states that a main Indigenous social grouping for a community justice group must nominate a minimum number of persons to be members of the justice group, including a minimum number of persons of a particular category, the obligation on the main Indigenous social grouping is to nominate the minimum number of persons to the greatest practicable extent. (sec.4-ssec.4) For a community area that is described, in schedule 6 , 12 or 16 , by reference to an area that, immediately before the changeover day, was the community government area of a local government— the reference to the local government is taken to be a reference to the local government as it existed immediately before the changeover day; and the reference to the community government area of the local government is taken to be a reference to the community government area as it was under the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 , as in force immediately before the changeover day. In schedule 6 , section 1 , definition Injinoo community area— the reference to Injinoo Shire Council is taken to be a reference to Injinoo Shire Council as the council existed immediately before the changeover day; and the reference to the community government area of the Injinoo Shire Council is taken to be a reference to the community government area as it was under the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 , as in force immediately before the changeover day. Under the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 , as in force immediately before the changeover day, community government areas were described by reference to the local government areas for the councils, which were described in schedule 2 of that Act, as in force immediately before the changeover day. Each map mentioned in the Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004 , schedule 2 , as in force immediately before the changeover day, can be— accessed by members of the public, free of charge, on the website of the department in which the Justices Act 1886 is administered; or purchased from any office of the department in which the Survey and Mapping Infrastructure Act 2003 is administered. (sec.4-ssec.5) In this section— relevant schedule means a schedule of this regulation other than schedule 20 or 21 .