13Directions given under Aborigines Act or Torres Strait Islanders Act

13 Directions given under Aborigines Act or Torres Strait Islanders Act

(1) The Council for a Reserve to which this Act applies, or for a Community to which this Act applies, is not subject to control under the Aborigines Act or the Torres Strait Islanders Act, and, in particular, is not required to comply with any directions given to it under or by virtue of the Aborigines Act or the Torres Strait Islanders Act. (2) An Aboriginal or Islander who is residing on a Reserve to which this Act applies, or an Aboriginal or Islander who is a member of a Community to which this Act applies or a person who is residing on, or visiting, a Reserve or part of a Reserve in pursuance of an authority that is in force in respect of him or her under section 12, is not required to comply with any directions given to him or her under or by virtue of the Aborigines Act or the Torres Strait Islanders Act. (3) In this section, directions means directions in any form, including directions in the form of instructions.