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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-management) Act 1978
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-management) Act 1978
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(1) The Council for an Aboriginal Reserve to which this Act applies, or for an Islander Reserve to which this Act applies, shall manage and control the affairs of the Aboriginal community or the Islander community, as the case may be, residing on the Reserve. (2) The Council for a Reserve to which this Act applies has such other functions as are conferred on it by the regulations, being functions in relation to Aboriginals and Islanders who reside on the Reserve or are on the Reserve. (3) The Council for an Aboriginal Community to which this Act applies, or for an Islander Community to which this Act applies, shall manage and control the affairs of that Aboriginal Community or that Islander Community, as the case may be. (4) The Council for a Community to which this Act applies has such other functions as are conferred on it by the regulations, being functions in relation to Aboriginals or Islanders who are members of that Community or are on that part of the Reserve on which the Community is established that is appropriated for the use of the Community.