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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ACT 2005 - SECT 151

Directions by Minister

  (1)   Indigenous Business Australia must perform its functions and exercise its powers in accordance with any general written directions given to it by the Minister.

  (2)   Subject to subsection   ( 3), the Minister must cause a copy of a direction to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the direction was given.

  (3)   A copy of a direction laid before each House of the Parliament in accordance with subsection   ( 2) must not disclose any matter the disclosure of which in that manner would be inconsistent with the views or sensitivities of Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders because that matter is sacred or otherwise significant to those persons .

  (4)   A direction given by the Minister under subsection   ( 1) is not a legislative instrument .


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