248Aboriginal Land Councils to be public authorities etc for certain purposes

248 Aboriginal Land Councils to be public authorities etc for certain purposes

248 Aboriginal Land Councils to be public authorities etc for certain purposes

(cf former section 65A)

(1) Each Aboriginal Land Council is taken to be a public authority for the purposes of the Ombudsman Act 1974, the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 and the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a Local Aboriginal Land Council is not taken to be an agency for the purposes of section 6 of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.

s 248: Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 1 [17]. Am 2009 No 54, Sch 2.1; 2014 No 75, Sch 1 [130].