Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ACT 1980 No. 34 of 1980 - SECT 4

4.(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-



"Aboriginal body" means a body corporate-

   (a)  that is controlled, whether directly or indirectly, by Aboriginals;
        and

   (b)  the principal objects of which are conducive to the advancement of
        Aboriginals, but does not include an Aboriginal Land Trust within the
        meaning of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976;



"Aboriginal corporation" means an Aboriginal body declared by the Commission
under section 43 to be an Aboriginal corporation;



"Aboriginal land trust" means a body corporate-

   (a)  established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or
        Territory; and

   (b)  having the function of providing Aboriginals with interests in land,
        assisting Aboriginals to acquire interests in land or acquiring
        interests in land on behalf or for the benefit of Aboriginals, but
        does not include an Aboriginal Land Trust within the meaning of the
        Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976;



"appoint" includes re-appoint;



"business enterprise" includes-

   (a)  an enterprise relating to primary production; and

   (b)  an enterprise relating to the provision of facilities for social
        purposes, whether or not resulting in the acquisition of gain;



"Capital Account" means the Aboriginal Entitlement Capital Account established
by this Act;



"Capital Fund" means the fund referred to in paragraph 20 (3) (a);



"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Commission;



"Commission" means the Aboriginal Development Commission established by this
Act;



"Deputy Chairman" means the Deputy Chairman of the Commission;



"dwelling" includes-

   (a)  any building or part of a building, or any associated buildings,
        consisting in whole or in substantial part of residential
        accommodation; and

   (b)  the appurtenances, outbuildings and fences, and the provision for
        lighting, water supply, drainage and sewerage, associated with a
        dwelling, and includes a caravan or similar form of movable
        residential accommodation;



"General Fund" means the fund referred to in paragraph 20 (3) (b);



"interest", in relation to land, means a legal or equitable estate or interest
(including a licence) in the land;



"land" does not include land set aside under any law of the Commonwealth or of
a State or Territory as an Aboriginal reserve;



"member" means a member of the Commission, and includes the Chairman and the
Deputy Chairman;



"occupation" includes use;



"personal property" includes shares or stock in the capital of a company;



"Register" means the Aboriginal Land Register kept under section 32;



"spouse", in relation to an Aboriginal, includes a person who, although not
legally married to the Aboriginal, is living with the Aboriginal as the
Aboriginal's spouse on a permanent and bona fide domestic basis.

(2) References in this Act to Aboriginals shall be read as references to
members of the Aboriginal race of Australia and to persons who are descendants
of indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands.