South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

ABORIGINAL LANDS TRUST ACT 1966 - SECT 16AA

16AA—Appointment of manager or management committee in respect of land leased by Trust

        (1)         The Trust may—

            (a)         at the request of the lessee under a lease granted by the Trust in respect of land vested in it pursuant to this Act; or

            (b)         with the consent of the Minister, where the Trust is satisfied that land the subject of such a lease is not being properly managed by the lessee for the benefit of the Aboriginal community for whose benefit the lease was granted,

appoint a manager or management committee in respect of the land.

        (2)         Where the Trust appoints a manager or management committee in respect of land the subject of a lease, the manager or management committee—

            (a)         has all the powers, functions and duties of the lessee in respect of the land and may act in the name of and on behalf of the lessee; and

            (b)         must report regularly to the Trust on the management of the land.

        (3)         Subject to any directions of the Trust, a management committee appointed under this section may determine its own procedures.

        (4)         A manager or member of a management committee appointed under this section is, if the Trust so determines, entitled to remuneration of an amount determined by the Trust.

        (5)         The remuneration of the manager or a member of the management committee and all other costs and expenses arising out of the management of the land are payable by the Trust but are recoverable by the Trust as a debt from the lessee.

        (6)         The manager or management committee may, by notice in writing, require the lessee or any person who has been involved in the management of the land to report (orally or in writing) on such matters relating to the management of the land as may be specified in the notice.

        (7)         A person who fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (6) is guilty of a summary offence.

Penalty: Division 6 fine.

        (8)         A manager or management committee appointed by the Trust must, on the termination of the appointment, fully account to the Trust for the management of the land.

        (9)         The Governor may, by regulation, make any provision in relation to the management of land by a manager or management committee appointed under this section.