Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ACT 1980 No. 34 of 1980 - SECT 52

52. (1) On, or as soon as practicable after, the date fixed under sub-section
2 (2), the Minister may, by notice in writing, authorize the
Development Commission to act as agent of the Commonwealth in relation to
specified grants of moneys paid in whole or in part before that date to an
Aboriginal or Aboriginal body by the Department, howsoever described, having
responsibility at the relevant time in relation to Aboriginal affairs.

(2) On, or as soon as practicable after, the date fixed under sub-section 2
(2), the Minister may, by notice in writing, determine that a specified
approval for, or arrangement or agreement relating to, the making of a grant
of moneys to an Aboriginal or Aboriginal body (other than a grant of moneys
paid in whole or in part before that date) is an approval, arrangement or
agreement to which sub-section (3) applies.

(3) An approval, arrangement or agreement to which this sub-section applies
shall, on and from the date on which it is specified under sub-section (2), be
deemed to be an approval for, or an arrangement or agreement relating to, a
grant of moneys to be made under section 24 and-

   (a)  in the case of an approval-it shall be deemed to have been made by the
        Development Commission; or

   (b)  in the case of an arrangement or agreement-it has effect as if-

        (i)    the Development Commission were substituted for the
               Commonwealth as a party; and

        (ii)   any reference in it to the Commonwealth were a reference to the
               Development Commission.

(4) Sub-section 24 (4) does not apply in relation to a grant made in pursuance
of sub-section (3) of this section.

(5) In this section, a reference to an approval, arrangement or agreement
includes a reference to a variation of an approval, arrangement or agreement.