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ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS PLANNING AUTHORITY ACT 1972 - SECT 14

14 .         Powers of Authority

        (1)         The Authority has all such powers, rights and privileges as may be reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out its duties and functions.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act, the Authority may, with the consent of the Minister of the Crown having responsibility for the administration of the Act relating to a department of the government of the State or an instrumentality or agency of the Crown, make use of the services of any officer of that department, instrumentality or agency.

        (3)         The Authority may, on matters relevant to the purposes of this Act, confer and collaborate with departments of the Commonwealth and the States of the Commonwealth and other bodies, instrumentalities or agencies of the Commonwealth or the States of the Commonwealth having to do with Aboriginal affairs.

        (4)         Without limiting the generality of the provisions of this section, the Authority may —

            (a)         establish committees of such persons as the CEO may determine, but so that in every case the chairman of the committee shall be either a Council member or a Co-ordinating Committee member;

            (b)         empower a committee to investigate and report on any aspect of its functions, to implement any decision, or to carry out any administrative duty;

            (c)         invite any person, subject to the approval of the Minister and on such terms and conditions as the Minister may determine, to act in an advisory capacity to the Authority in relation to all or any aspects of its functions.

        [Section 14 amended: No. 28 of 2006 s. 349.]



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