200Financial assistance to States and Territories

200  Financial assistance to States and Territories Financial assistance that may be given  (1) The Commonwealth may enter into a written agreement with the State or Territory for the provision of financial assistance to that State or Territory in relation to:  (a) the satisfaction of any liability to pay compensation for acts affecting native title; or  (b) the satisfaction of any liability to pay any costs incidental to any claim for such compensation or determination of liability for such compensation; or  (c) costs and expenses of establishing and administering any recognised State/Territory body, or equivalent body (within the meaning of subsection 207B(1)), of that State or Territory; or  (d) costs and expenses of administering any provisions having effect under subsection 43(1).  (2) The financial assistance is to be provided on such conditions as are determined by the Commonwealth Minister and set out in the agreement. Part 11—Representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander bodies Division 1—Preliminary 201A  Definitions   In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears: director, in relation to a representative body, means a member of the governing body of the representative body. executive officer means:  (a) in relation to a representative body:  (i) a director of the representative body; or  (ii) any other person who is concerned in, or takes part in, the management of the representative body at a senior level; or  (b) in relation to a body to whom funding is made available under subsection 203FE(1) or (2):  (i) if the body is a body corporate—a director of the body; or  (ii) in any case—a person who is concerned in, or takes part in, the management of the body at a senior level. functions, in relation to a representative body, means the functions conferred on the body by this Act and includes the obligations imposed on the body by this Act, whether or not any of those functions or obligations are also conferred or imposed on the body under a law of a State or Territory. governing body, in relation to a representative body, means the group of persons (by whatever name called) who are responsible for the executive decisions of the representative body. native title application means an application under subsection 24DJ(1) or section 61, 69 or 75, and includes an appeal under subsection 169(1). officer, in relation to a representative body that is registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006, has the same meaning as in that Act. powers, in relation to a representative body, means the powers conferred on the body by this Act, whether or not any of those powers are also conferred on the body under a law of a State or Territory.