Victorian Numbered Acts

ADVANCING THE TREATY PROCESS WITH ABORIGINAL VICTORIANS ACT 2018 (NO. 28 OF 2018) - SECT 17

    (1)     If the Minister revokes an Aboriginal Representative Body declaration, the Minister must cause a plan for making a timely subsequent Aboriginal Representative Body declaration to be laid before each House of the Parliament on or before 30 sitting days after the day the Minister revokes the declaration.

    (2)     In preparing a plan under subsection (1), the Minister must—

        (a)     for the purpose of working in partnership with traditional owners and Aboriginal Victorians—

              (i)     convene or cause to be convened a forum, or more than one forum, in relation to the Aboriginal Representative Body that is open to all traditional owners and Aboriginal Victorians; and

              (ii)     work together with the Aboriginal Treaty Working Group; and

        (b)         set out any other actions that must be taken by the Minister before making a subsequent Aboriginal Representative Body declaration.

    (3)     If the Minister revokes an Aboriginal Representative Body declaration because the entity declared to be the Aboriginal Representative Body ceases to exist, the Minister must include in a plan prepared under subsection (1) the actions to be taken by the Minister to support traditional owners and Aboriginal Victorians to re-establish the Aboriginal Representative Body.