Queensland Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES (JUSTICE, LAND AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 1984 - SECT 53

53 General authority to enter etc. trust area

(1) The following persons are authorised to enter, be in and live in a trust area—

(a) an Aboriginal person or Torres Strait Islander, or another person, who is a member of the community residing in the trust area;

(b) a person who is performing a function, or exercising a power, under this Act or another Act that requires the person to be in the trust area;

(c) a person authorised, for the purpose of this paragraph, under a local law by the community government or indigenous regional council for the trust area.

(2) A local law may be made under subsection (1) (c) for a part of the trust area that is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander land only with the written consent of the grantee of the land.

(3) A local law made under subsection (1) (c) must state the parts of the trust area to which the local law applies.