Statewide Treaty Act 2025
146Dealing with money
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146 Dealing with money
(1) Gellung Warl must establish and maintain one or more accounts with one or more ADIs.
See section 38 of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 which provides that an ADI means authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth.
(2) Subject to section 58(3), all money received by Gellung Warl must be paid into an account established under subsection (1) and is not required to be credited to the Consolidated Fund under section 9 of the Financial Management Act 1994.
Section 58(3) provides for money received as a debt due to Gellung Warl for an election campaign donation which was accepted in contravention of the electoral rules to be paid into the Self-Determination Fund.
(3) Gellung Warl may expend money standing to the credit of any account established under subsection (1) for any purpose connected with the performance of its functions or exercise of its powers.