(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.]