Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ABORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ACT 1980 No. 34 of 1980 - SECT 9

9. (1) The Commission has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be
done for or in connection with the performance of its functions and, in
particular, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, has power-

   (a)  to make charges for work done or services rendered by or on behalf of
        the Commission;

   (b)  to appoint agents, and to act as an agent for other persons, in
        respect of matters relating to the performance of the functions of the
        Commission;

   (c)  to co-operate with States, the Northern Territory and local government
        bodies, and with other persons and organizations concerned with
        Aboriginal development;

   (d)  to collect, or arrange for the collection of, information relating to
        the performance of the functions of the Commission; and

   (e)  to accept gifts, devises and bequests made to the Commission, whether
        on trust or otherwise, and to act as trustee of moneys or other
        property vested in the Commission on trust.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act-

   (a)  the Commission shall not accept a gift, devise or bequest made to it
        subject to conditions in relation to the purposes for which it is to
        be applied unless the Commission is satisfied that those purposes are
        consistent with purposes for which the Commission has power to apply
        moneys of the Capital Account;

   (b)  any moneys or other property vested in the Commission on trust shall
        be dealt with in accordance with the powers and duties of the
        Commission as trustee; and

   (c)  where a gift, devise or bequest made to the Commission or to the
        Capital Account is subject to conditions in relation to the purposes
        for which it is to be applied, any moneys paid into the
        Capital Account as a result of the gift, devise or bequest, and any
        income derived from the investment of those moneys, shall be applied
        only for those purposes and subject to those conditions.